He's just a shell shocked child right now. He'll get over it when Trump start talking tough about illegals and Muslims and be right in line stanning him.
Might even forgive those Russia connections too
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Might even forgive those Russia connections too
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Get It How You Get It
https://go.berniesanders.com/page/s/keith-ellison-dnc
Sign the petition of support for Ellison becoming DNC Chair brehs
Sign the petition of support for Ellison becoming DNC Chair brehs
Done. Bernie or bust.
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Fukk your corny debates
These clowns are talking about Kaine and Booker for 2020, and they're talking about grooming Chelsea Clinton.How the fukk do these people not learn their lesson????????
Trump is the villain we deserve.
These clowns are talking about Kaine and Booker for 2020, and they're talking about grooming Chelsea Clinton.
Trump is the villain we deserve.
Fools, let em get bodied again
Dean already on that 
Howard Dean says Ellison can't do the DNC job and serve in Congress
By YOUSEF SABA
11/11/16 09:56 AM EST
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Howard Dean, who announced on Thursday a run to head the Democratic Party, knocked another contender for the job, saying Rep. Keith Ellison can't both serve in Congress and chair the Democratic National Committee.
In an interview with MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle on Friday, Dean restated his interest in once again chairing the DNC. “I am very interested in the chairmanship of the DNC,” he said, adding, “Not so much because I think I'm the only person who can fix it, but I think we need a full-time chair.”
Dean praised the Minnesota congressman generally, saying, “Look, I like Keith Ellison a lot. He's a very good guy. There's one problem. You cannot do this job and sit in a political office at the same time. It's not possible.”
He said that Debbie Wasserman Schultz wasn’t the only DNC chair who also held political office, and that it just doesn’t work. “We have to rebuild from what has been a tragedy not only for the Democratic Party, but perhaps for the country,” he said.
Dean recalled that when he took the job in 2005, the Democrats did not control either the House or the Senate, nor the presidency, and that when he left in 2009, they controlled all three.
He also criticized the DNC under Wasserman Schultz’s leadership, saying, “First of all, they never should have taken sides in the race. I would have never permitted that,” and recounted that he “had to be the referee between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in 2008.”
Dean said he has already spoken to Ellison, and plans to speak with Bernie Sanders, who has strongly backed Ellison for the job.
Howard Dean says Ellison can't do the DNC job and serve in Congress
Howard Dean says Ellison can't do the DNC job and serve in Congress
By YOUSEF SABA
11/11/16 09:56 AM EST
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Howard Dean, who announced on Thursday a run to head the Democratic Party, knocked another contender for the job, saying Rep. Keith Ellison can't both serve in Congress and chair the Democratic National Committee.
In an interview with MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle on Friday, Dean restated his interest in once again chairing the DNC. “I am very interested in the chairmanship of the DNC,” he said, adding, “Not so much because I think I'm the only person who can fix it, but I think we need a full-time chair.”
Dean praised the Minnesota congressman generally, saying, “Look, I like Keith Ellison a lot. He's a very good guy. There's one problem. You cannot do this job and sit in a political office at the same time. It's not possible.”
He said that Debbie Wasserman Schultz wasn’t the only DNC chair who also held political office, and that it just doesn’t work. “We have to rebuild from what has been a tragedy not only for the Democratic Party, but perhaps for the country,” he said.
Dean recalled that when he took the job in 2005, the Democrats did not control either the House or the Senate, nor the presidency, and that when he left in 2009, they controlled all three.
He also criticized the DNC under Wasserman Schultz’s leadership, saying, “First of all, they never should have taken sides in the race. I would have never permitted that,” and recounted that he “had to be the referee between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in 2008.”
Dean said he has already spoken to Ellison, and plans to speak with Bernie Sanders, who has strongly backed Ellison for the job.
Howard Dean says Ellison can't do the DNC job and serve in Congress
O'Malley 'taking a hard look' at DNC chair
By DANIEL STRAUSS
11/11/16 11:06 AM EST
Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley is considering running for Democratic National Committee chairman.
"Since the election, I have been approached by many Democrats who believe our party needs new leadership," O'Malley said in a statement Friday. "I'm taking a hard look at DNC Chair because I know how badly we need to reform our nominating process, articulate a bold progressive vision, recommit ourselves to higher wages and a stronger middle class, and return to our roots as a nationwide, grassroots party."
The announcement came a day after former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, a former chairman himself, announced that he is running for the job. Rep. Keith Ellison Thursday night also said he would make an announcement on Monday on whether he would run or not.
Ellison has already secured high-profile endorsements in the DNC race, including Sen. Bernie Sanders and MoveOn.Org. Sen. Elizabeth Warren also said Thursday that Ellison would make a "terrific" chairman. POLITICO Playbook reported Friday morning that Sen. Chuck Schumer, the likely next Senate minority leader, also backs Ellison.
O'Malley 'taking a hard look' at DNC chair
By DANIEL STRAUSS
11/11/16 11:06 AM EST
Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley is considering running for Democratic National Committee chairman.
"Since the election, I have been approached by many Democrats who believe our party needs new leadership," O'Malley said in a statement Friday. "I'm taking a hard look at DNC Chair because I know how badly we need to reform our nominating process, articulate a bold progressive vision, recommit ourselves to higher wages and a stronger middle class, and return to our roots as a nationwide, grassroots party."
The announcement came a day after former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, a former chairman himself, announced that he is running for the job. Rep. Keith Ellison Thursday night also said he would make an announcement on Monday on whether he would run or not.
Ellison has already secured high-profile endorsements in the DNC race, including Sen. Bernie Sanders and MoveOn.Org. Sen. Elizabeth Warren also said Thursday that Ellison would make a "terrific" chairman. POLITICO Playbook reported Friday morning that Sen. Chuck Schumer, the likely next Senate minority leader, also backs Ellison.
O'Malley 'taking a hard look' at DNC chair
Fight erupts among Democrats for control of party in crisis
Battle to lead the DNC begins as progressives and centrists throw names into the ring.
By GABRIEL DEBENEDETTI
11/11/16 11:15 AM EST
Swept from power, Democratic leaders in Washington and the states are increasingly nervous that the best-case scenario fight for the chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee will be a long, ugly redux of the Hillary Clinton vs. Bernie Sanders primary.
But an even broader, more vicious factional scramble may be looming.
A group of high-profile liberals and establishment figures are moving swiftly to nip such a tussle in the bud by coalescing around Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison — who has not formally announced his bid, but who appears prepared to on Monday after receiving backing from Sanders, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, progressive groups like MoveOn.org, and kind words from Sen. Elizabeth Warren. But former chairman and Vermont Gov. Howard Dean — a Clinton backer and serious Sanders critic during the primary who is a favorite of state party chairs due to his pioneering a 50-state strategy that would empower them — also jumped into the race on Thursday, making the picture far less straightforward.
Meanwhile others in the party, including New Hampshire Democratic Party Chairman and DNC vice chair Raymond Buckley — who runs the Association of State Democratic Chairs — South Carolina Chairman Jaime Harrison, and House Democratic Caucus Chairman Xavier Becerra are said to be open to bids of their own, fielding calls from other DNC members about their interest. Former presidential candidate and Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley said on Friday morning that he is considering a run. DNC vice chair R.T. Rybak, the former mayor of Minneapolis who nearly got the role under Barack Obama, and retiring New York Rep. Steve Israel — a former Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chair — are also in the mix.
“There’s going to be a fight of progressives versus the moderates, which, to be honest, is what got us into this place in the first place,” predicted former senior DNC official Mo Elleithee, now the executive director of the Institute of Politics and Public Service at Georgetown University. “The left versus right versus center doesn’t exist anymore."
The fight goes even further.
“The idea that after everything we just went through, that the D.C. Democrats are literally, apparently, already —without anyone else even knowing what the heck the plan is — saying, ‘This is the person,' I think is a terrible look,” said one state party chairman. “I’m glad these conversations are happening with someone, but it’s not [yet among] a broad enough group of people."
Even proponents of Ellison’s — a Sanders backer during the primary who then went out of his way to support Clinton after ringing the anti-Donald Trump alarms early — acknowledge that an ugly fight is likely, despite the backing from Schumer, suddenly the de facto highest-ranking Democrat in Washington in the post-Clinton, post-Obama era.
The DNC member vote for the next chair — a role that traditionally matters due to its centrality in fundraising and setting strategy for the party, though not necessarily as Democrats' ideological leader — was expected to come the day after President-elect Clinton’s inauguration in January, and it was expected to be a pro forma move for Clinton’s pick for the role. But due to the former secretary of state’s shocking loss, it is likely to be moved to February or March, multiple Democrats familiar with the initial planning told POLITICO.
That sets the stage for at least two full months of campaigning that will come amid recriminations and finger-pointing after the party’s defeats on Tuesday, which saw it lose not only the White House while Republicans kept the Senate and House, but also saw its hold slip to just 16 governorships while the GOP built on its own advantage in state legislatures.
Sanders’ political team has already mobilized around Ellison, encouraging its massive email list of supporters to back him, and progressive leaders around the country are heartened by his interest.
“Ellison is an exciting choice. The contrast could not be more clear, and not just with Trump, but with the Democratic Establishment picks of the past,” said Rebecca Katz, a party strategist who has worked as a senior advisor to both New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Sen. Minority Leader Harry Reid — the latter during the 2005 chairmanship battle.
Indeed, much of the rush of activity this week has come from the Sanders side of the Clinton-Sanders divide, largely since the left has a set of figures to organize around while the center of the party — Clinton’s side — is still finding its place in the new ecosystem, suddenly without a leader for the first time in years.
While Ellison appears to have broad support as a young African American face of the party who can bridge the Sanders-Clinton divide and — as one of the few Muslim members of Congress — stand at the front of the anti-Trump vanguard, already some Democrats have started wondering aloud about the various chair candidates’ commitments to reaching out to the working class white voters who backed Trump versus doubling down on Democrats’ existing coalition. Others have already raised red flags that there are no women whose names are circulating for position.
“Having a sitting member is an awful idea. It’s just an issue of practicality,” said one former senior DNC official. “You need someone who has their undivided attention on the job. Best case scenario they’re spending a third of his time on House work and it’s really more of a 50-50 split.”
And it was the first thing out of former DNC chair Don Fowler's mouth, too: "It's a full-time job and I would hope that anybody who would seek to fill that position would devote full time to it," he said.
Dean himself echoed that sentiment on MSNBC Friday morning.
“Look, I like Keith Ellison a lot, he’s a very good guy. There’s one problem: you cannot do this job and sit in a political office at the same time. It’s not possible, we have seen what happens,” he said. “Debbie Wasserman Schultz wasn’t the only one to do that. This is a full-time job. We have to rebuild from what has been a tragedy not only for the Democratic Party, but perhaps for the country. We don’t know. So this is a big, big rebuilding job. And I like Keith, I would be happy to help and support him, but not if he’s going to sit in Congress. There are a very large number of DNC members who believe that."
O’Malley, for one, has been getting calls from Democrats suggesting his anti-Trump activity and progressive leanings during the election could set him up for success, according to a person familiar with the calls, who also noted that he is neither a Sanders nor a Clinton acolyte, who could thereby avoid an ugly fight.
Still, the field is far from set, and only Dean has made a formal announcement of his intent to run. A handful of prominent Democrats who fully expected to get roles in a Clinton Cabinet are suddenly casting about for their own next steps: Labor Secretary Tom Perez’s name has popped up in that context, after he was widely assumed to be a contender to lead Clinton’s Justice Department. And party leaders are adamant that the next formal chair of the party be committed to systematically rebuilding Democratic infrastructure that’s been decimated in the Obama era from the ground up.
Clinton had expressed a determination to doing that, but her role is suddenly gone.
And, still, important pieces of the party’s coalition have yet to weigh in, just three days after Election Day. There has been no formal word from labor leaders, let alone Clinton, Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Pelosi, or even Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine, Clinton’s running mate and a former DNC chairman himself. Pelosi may stay out of the race entirely if multiple Democrats close to her — including members of Congress in her caucus — jump in, according to a senior House aide.
“As a matter of strategy, it is critical now that Democrats become purposeful about the hand-off from aging Boomers to the next generation, helping them prepare to lead the party and the country,” said Simon Rosenberg, who ran against Dean for the job in 2005, and who is now the president of the NDN think tank. “Our future is with those under 45, and the next Chair needs to be able to lead a national effort to excite and engage the emerging electorate that holds promise for our party."
Fight erupts among Democrats for control of party in crisis
Battle to lead the DNC begins as progressives and centrists throw names into the ring.
By GABRIEL DEBENEDETTI
11/11/16 11:15 AM EST
Swept from power, Democratic leaders in Washington and the states are increasingly nervous that the best-case scenario fight for the chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee will be a long, ugly redux of the Hillary Clinton vs. Bernie Sanders primary.
But an even broader, more vicious factional scramble may be looming.
A group of high-profile liberals and establishment figures are moving swiftly to nip such a tussle in the bud by coalescing around Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison — who has not formally announced his bid, but who appears prepared to on Monday after receiving backing from Sanders, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, progressive groups like MoveOn.org, and kind words from Sen. Elizabeth Warren. But former chairman and Vermont Gov. Howard Dean — a Clinton backer and serious Sanders critic during the primary who is a favorite of state party chairs due to his pioneering a 50-state strategy that would empower them — also jumped into the race on Thursday, making the picture far less straightforward.
Meanwhile others in the party, including New Hampshire Democratic Party Chairman and DNC vice chair Raymond Buckley — who runs the Association of State Democratic Chairs — South Carolina Chairman Jaime Harrison, and House Democratic Caucus Chairman Xavier Becerra are said to be open to bids of their own, fielding calls from other DNC members about their interest. Former presidential candidate and Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley said on Friday morning that he is considering a run. DNC vice chair R.T. Rybak, the former mayor of Minneapolis who nearly got the role under Barack Obama, and retiring New York Rep. Steve Israel — a former Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chair — are also in the mix.
“There’s going to be a fight of progressives versus the moderates, which, to be honest, is what got us into this place in the first place,” predicted former senior DNC official Mo Elleithee, now the executive director of the Institute of Politics and Public Service at Georgetown University. “The left versus right versus center doesn’t exist anymore."
The fight goes even further.
“The idea that after everything we just went through, that the D.C. Democrats are literally, apparently, already —without anyone else even knowing what the heck the plan is — saying, ‘This is the person,' I think is a terrible look,” said one state party chairman. “I’m glad these conversations are happening with someone, but it’s not [yet among] a broad enough group of people."
Even proponents of Ellison’s — a Sanders backer during the primary who then went out of his way to support Clinton after ringing the anti-Donald Trump alarms early — acknowledge that an ugly fight is likely, despite the backing from Schumer, suddenly the de facto highest-ranking Democrat in Washington in the post-Clinton, post-Obama era.
The DNC member vote for the next chair — a role that traditionally matters due to its centrality in fundraising and setting strategy for the party, though not necessarily as Democrats' ideological leader — was expected to come the day after President-elect Clinton’s inauguration in January, and it was expected to be a pro forma move for Clinton’s pick for the role. But due to the former secretary of state’s shocking loss, it is likely to be moved to February or March, multiple Democrats familiar with the initial planning told POLITICO.
That sets the stage for at least two full months of campaigning that will come amid recriminations and finger-pointing after the party’s defeats on Tuesday, which saw it lose not only the White House while Republicans kept the Senate and House, but also saw its hold slip to just 16 governorships while the GOP built on its own advantage in state legislatures.
Sanders’ political team has already mobilized around Ellison, encouraging its massive email list of supporters to back him, and progressive leaders around the country are heartened by his interest.
“Ellison is an exciting choice. The contrast could not be more clear, and not just with Trump, but with the Democratic Establishment picks of the past,” said Rebecca Katz, a party strategist who has worked as a senior advisor to both New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Sen. Minority Leader Harry Reid — the latter during the 2005 chairmanship battle.
Indeed, much of the rush of activity this week has come from the Sanders side of the Clinton-Sanders divide, largely since the left has a set of figures to organize around while the center of the party — Clinton’s side — is still finding its place in the new ecosystem, suddenly without a leader for the first time in years.
While Ellison appears to have broad support as a young African American face of the party who can bridge the Sanders-Clinton divide and — as one of the few Muslim members of Congress — stand at the front of the anti-Trump vanguard, already some Democrats have started wondering aloud about the various chair candidates’ commitments to reaching out to the working class white voters who backed Trump versus doubling down on Democrats’ existing coalition. Others have already raised red flags that there are no women whose names are circulating for position.
“Having a sitting member is an awful idea. It’s just an issue of practicality,” said one former senior DNC official. “You need someone who has their undivided attention on the job. Best case scenario they’re spending a third of his time on House work and it’s really more of a 50-50 split.”
And it was the first thing out of former DNC chair Don Fowler's mouth, too: "It's a full-time job and I would hope that anybody who would seek to fill that position would devote full time to it," he said.
Dean himself echoed that sentiment on MSNBC Friday morning.
“Look, I like Keith Ellison a lot, he’s a very good guy. There’s one problem: you cannot do this job and sit in a political office at the same time. It’s not possible, we have seen what happens,” he said. “Debbie Wasserman Schultz wasn’t the only one to do that. This is a full-time job. We have to rebuild from what has been a tragedy not only for the Democratic Party, but perhaps for the country. We don’t know. So this is a big, big rebuilding job. And I like Keith, I would be happy to help and support him, but not if he’s going to sit in Congress. There are a very large number of DNC members who believe that."
O’Malley, for one, has been getting calls from Democrats suggesting his anti-Trump activity and progressive leanings during the election could set him up for success, according to a person familiar with the calls, who also noted that he is neither a Sanders nor a Clinton acolyte, who could thereby avoid an ugly fight.
Still, the field is far from set, and only Dean has made a formal announcement of his intent to run. A handful of prominent Democrats who fully expected to get roles in a Clinton Cabinet are suddenly casting about for their own next steps: Labor Secretary Tom Perez’s name has popped up in that context, after he was widely assumed to be a contender to lead Clinton’s Justice Department. And party leaders are adamant that the next formal chair of the party be committed to systematically rebuilding Democratic infrastructure that’s been decimated in the Obama era from the ground up.
Clinton had expressed a determination to doing that, but her role is suddenly gone.
And, still, important pieces of the party’s coalition have yet to weigh in, just three days after Election Day. There has been no formal word from labor leaders, let alone Clinton, Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Pelosi, or even Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine, Clinton’s running mate and a former DNC chairman himself. Pelosi may stay out of the race entirely if multiple Democrats close to her — including members of Congress in her caucus — jump in, according to a senior House aide.
“As a matter of strategy, it is critical now that Democrats become purposeful about the hand-off from aging Boomers to the next generation, helping them prepare to lead the party and the country,” said Simon Rosenberg, who ran against Dean for the job in 2005, and who is now the president of the NDN think tank. “Our future is with those under 45, and the next Chair needs to be able to lead a national effort to excite and engage the emerging electorate that holds promise for our party."
Fight erupts among Democrats for control of party in crisis
SIREN -- SCHUMER BACKS ELLISON FOR DNC CHAIR -- Soon-to-be Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is backing Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison to be the next head of the Democratic National Committee, a big boost for the Minnesota Democrat as the party searches for a new leader. Schumer spoke with Ellison Thursday afternoon and “supports him for chair,” according to a source close to Schumer, who added: “Without a Democratic White House, Schumer's view is the DNC is where grassroots organizing in sync with leg battles should be organized.” Schumer’s nod comes as others like former DNC Chair Howard Dean have launched their own campaigns to run the embattled organization. Ellison, co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, hasn’t officially thrown his hat in the ring, though he has said he’ll make an announcement on Monday.
SCOOP -- SCHUMER backs ELLISON for DNC -- TRUMP WORLD begins to float cabinet secretaries -- SCHOCK indicted -- TARGETED VICTORY splits in two -- B’DAY: Tucker Bounds
SCOOP -- SCHUMER backs ELLISON for DNC -- TRUMP WORLD begins to float cabinet secretaries -- SCHOCK indicted -- TARGETED VICTORY splits in two -- B’DAY: Tucker Bounds
Ellison(or Bernie) or the DNC can have fun being an endangered party.
KeithEllison4DNC
KeithEllison4DNC
O'Malley 'taking a hard look' at DNC chair
By DANIEL STRAUSS
11/11/16 11:06 AM EST
Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley is considering running for Democratic National Committee chairman.
"Since the election, I have been approached by many Democrats who believe our party needs new leadership," O'Malley said in a statement Friday. "I'm taking a hard look at DNC Chair because I know how badly we need to reform our nominating process, articulate a bold progressive vision, recommit ourselves to higher wages and a stronger middle class, and return to our roots as a nationwide, grassroots party."
The announcement came a day after former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, a former chairman himself, announced that he is running for the job. Rep. Keith Ellison Thursday night also said he would make an announcement on Monday on whether he would run or not.
Ellison has already secured high-profile endorsements in the DNC race, including Sen. Bernie Sanders and MoveOn.Org. Sen. Elizabeth Warren also said Thursday that Ellison would make a "terrific" chairman. POLITICO Playbook reported Friday morning that Sen. Chuck Schumer, the likely next Senate minority leader, also backs Ellison.
O'Malley 'taking a hard look' at DNC chair
I FULLY support this man 
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Fukk your corny debates
Yeah cause when black turnout dives, you let your party be run by someone who ran a racist police department that criminalized black communities.O'Malley 'taking a hard look' at DNC chair
By DANIEL STRAUSS
11/11/16 11:06 AM EST
Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley is considering running for Democratic National Committee chairman.
"Since the election, I have been approached by many Democrats who believe our party needs new leadership," O'Malley said in a statement Friday. "I'm taking a hard look at DNC Chair because I know how badly we need to reform our nominating process, articulate a bold progressive vision, recommit ourselves to higher wages and a stronger middle class, and return to our roots as a nationwide, grassroots party."
The announcement came a day after former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, a former chairman himself, announced that he is running for the job. Rep. Keith Ellison Thursday night also said he would make an announcement on Monday on whether he would run or not.
Ellison has already secured high-profile endorsements in the DNC race, including Sen. Bernie Sanders and MoveOn.Org. Sen. Elizabeth Warren also said Thursday that Ellison would make a "terrific" chairman. POLITICO Playbook reported Friday morning that Sen. Chuck Schumer, the likely next Senate minority leader, also backs Ellison.
O'Malley 'taking a hard look' at DNC chair
I FULLY support this man
Even with all the Trump fukkery this cycle, one of the most memorable moments for me this cycle was "I didn't read the bill because my dad just died and I was new"
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Ellison went to my school and is from detroit 
might have a new person to blindly Stan 
might have a new person to blindly Stan