DKos: Sanders to be given "unusually high" say in the Democratic Party platform moving forward

[apnu]

Source: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/05/23/1529968/-Sanders-to-be-given-unusually-high-say-in-the-Democratic-Party-platform-moving-forward?detail=facebook

Sanders to be given "unusually high" say in the Democratic Party platform moving forward
By motocat
Monday May 23, 2016 · 12:08 PM CDT

According to the Washington Post, Sanders will name 5 members to the committee that drafts the new Democratic party platform and Clinton will name 6. Giving the runner-up this level of input in the platform moving forward is unusual, and speaks to the Democratic Party’s desire to be inclusive and respect the views of Sanders and his supporters.

Sen. Bernie Sanders will get highly unusual say over the drafting of the Democratic Party platform this year even if, as expected, he loses the primary contest to Hillary Clinton.

The two Democratic candidates have agreed with Democratic Party officials to a new apportionment of the 15-member committee that writes the platform, according to Democratic officials familiar with the compromise worked out this month.

Note that this agreement was agreed upon by both Sanders and Clinton, which also illustrates Clinton’s willingness to be a team player. Hopefully supporters of both candidates can see this as a step forward toward party unity.

[wendylaroux]

1. omg!

[RobertEarl]

2. OMG Bernie is taking over

We'll all be socialists by this time next year and the faith in government will be healing!

[wendylaroux]

21. yea,that'll happen

honestly,does anyone actually believe this?

[RobertEarl]

22. You're right

It's gonna take longer than a year before faith in government can heal. But with Bernie at least it has a chance to heal, right?

With H, it will be heel to government.

[Robbins]

3. bullcrap

establishment of clinton and DNC get 10 members of committe.this is just so they can pretend bernie and his supporters have place in party.

[apnu]

4. Maybe they aren't pretending

Maybe they do actually give a fuck. They are Democrats after all.

[Robbins]

7. Of course they are pretending

just like dems did when they were outraged over republican voter fraud or what bush did in florida in 2000 yet they committed voter fraud on far greater level throughout the primarys.

[apnu]

14. You know what all the members of the Democratic party are thinking huh?

Amazing power you have.



Florida in 2000 saw the Democrats thoroughly bamboozled.

As for today, each case of voting issues in this primary season is an isolated case. There is no connection between Arizona and New York. In Arizona, that was Republicans fucking with Democrats, plain and simple. The GOP has an iron grip on Arizona and nothing's going to happen.

But in New York, establishment Democrats are investigating. Both the States Attorney's office and the City Comptroller are investigating. Two people have already been removed from the Brooklyn BoE. So the argument that "establishment" Democrats are disinterested or committing some kind of fraud is laughably hallow.

[JoePhilly]

6. The rules say DWS can appoint all 15, if you'd prefer.

They don't have to give Bernie any.

[joshcryer]

10. This also shows DWS isn't as all powerful as she seems.

Just like how she cut off the Sanders campaign from voter data, she had to pull back, because you don't fuck around like that.

[Tavarious Jackson]

13. Oh yes,

lets talk about that voter data...

[joshcryer]

9. you're giving Dems a pass

If you don't expect them to uphold the platform that will have no incentive to.

It's up to us to hold them accountable.

This inconsequential activism is our problem.

[Skwmom]

17. They lie with such ease.

[forjusticethunders]

5. He probably pissed away some of his leverage with his antics the last month

He could have not only had DWS's head on a platter, but picked her replacement, hell, picked herself as his replacement.

[Ash_F]

8. 5 to 6 is not unusual given that he has won roughly half the states

The article glosses over the fact that the DNC will pick the other 4 which will likely be very conservative.

That is the real story.

[jwirr]

11. Yes, no one voted for the DNC so where do they get their

4 from?

[Tavarious Jackson]

12. This is not a close race.

Hillary is winning by a landslide and ha been for months now. Democrats have been generous to him only to be accused of corruption

[Ash_F]

16. The ratio of pledged delegates is 1499:1771 or 83.3%

Just checked

5:6 is 84%.

However the other 4 DNC picks will be on the right.

So it is more like 5:10 or 50%

So they have weighted power disportionately about 33.3% towards the establishment.

Math!

[a kennedy]

15. Curious.....what the hell power does the "platform" have anyway......eom

[apnu]

20. The "platform" is a statement of goals and policies for the party at the time of the convention.

Each DNC (Democratic National Convention) forms a platform committee who's job it is to spell out what the platform will be for the party in that election. Basically, its what the party will be running on for the election. The whole party. Presidential, Senate and House candidates.

The WaPo is saying Bernie is getting to pick 1/3 of the people who will be on that committee. Hillary will get 6 of them, and the remaining 4, I imagine, will be selected by other people. Perhaps Harry Read and Nancy Pelosi or maybe the President, I don't know really.

[a kennedy]

23. Thanks....... eom

[Ash_F]

19. I hit Kos with some math in post #16

The headline is spin.