Jonathan
Martin, NY Times national political correspondent, told CNN that Bernie
won’t be satisfied with symbolic platform committee spots, he wants a
say in Hillary’s presidential appointments.
May 23, 2016
Top
Bernie Sanders supporters Dr. Cornel West and Rep. Keith Ellison
(D-Minn.) will be among those on the Democratic Party's important
Platform Drafting Committee after the Vermont senator won a key
concession as he looks to leave his mark on the party's platform.
The roster of the drafting committee, released by the Democratic
National Committee on Monday, reflects the party's agreement that
Sanders would have five supporters on the committee, compared to six for
Hillary Clinton.
Sanders previously panned DNC Chairwoman Debbie
Wasserman Schultz, who appoints all of the committee members, for
failing to include enough of his supporters on an initial list. But the
latest statement notes that Wasserman Schultz allocated the campaign's
seats "proportionally according to the current vote tally."
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By Chris Cillizza May 26
The
big questions left in the Democratic presidential race are when Bernie
Sanders will exit the contest and, relatedly, what he will extract by
way of concessions from Hillary Clinton for doing so. Sanders has been
relatively quiet about specific asks to date. But, in an
interview with MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Thursday,
Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver seemed to suggest that getting rid
of current Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz
might be a necessary precursor to making peace between the rival
campaigns.
The
Bernie Sanders campaign has filed an official challenge to the
credentials of Gov. Daniel Malloy and Barney Frank to serve as chair and
co-chair of key committees at the Democratic convention because they
are, "aggressive attack surrogates for Clinton."
May 28, 2016
Senior
Democratic National Committee (DNC) officials have rejected a request
from Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’s campaign to
change the leadership of two crucial committees at the national
convention this summer.
Jim Roosevelt and Lorraine Miller,
co-chairs of the Rules and Bylaws Committee, dismissed a request to
remove Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy and former Massachusetts Rep.
Barney Frank as co-chairmen of the convention's platform and rules
committees, respectively.
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And just today ….
Sanders says he wants Clinton to pick a hardline progressive running mate
Vermont
Bernie Sanders warned democratic rival Hillary Clinton that her pick
for running mate will be critical to winning over his supporters going
into the general election.
During an interview
to air Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Sanders said told Chuck Todd
that Clinton needs "a candidate who can excite working families, excite
young people, bring them into the political process and create a large
voter turnout."
The
Democratic Party has been very kind and inclusive to Bernie Sanders who
is new to the party and remains officially an Independent in the
Senate. When the primaries end in the District of Columbia on June 14,
Bernie Sanders will become an also-ran. He has said he would support
Hillary's candidacy. We can hope he will do so with the kind of grace
and fervor with which Hillary supported the Obama-Biden ticket in 2008.
- UNITY,
NH-6/27/08- Dem. Presidential candidate Barack Obama was joined on the
podium by Hillary Clinton, his democratic rival in a hard-fought
primary, in a field behind the elementary school in the tiny town of
Unity, N.H. Friday afternoon. Courant PHOTO BY STEPHEN DUNN ORG XMIT:
10008608A
- UNITY,
NH-6/27/08- Dem. Presidential candidate Barack Obama was joined on the
podium by Hillary Clinton, his democratic rival in a hard-fought
primary, in a field behind the elementary school in the tiny town of
Unity, N.H. Friday afternoon. Courant PHOTO BY STEPHEN DUNN ORG XMIT:
10008608A
