Supposedly, the DNC is back in the 50-state mode, at least, vague promises were made in order to take Keith Ellison (a Bernie backer) down and install the old school favorite Tom Perez, a member of the Obama cabinet and a loyalist to the Clinton faction. I’ve been called out for failing to name the DCCC, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which is fair, because they are the folks who divvy up the money — but the DNC sets policy to some extent. Geeze!
However, I have the definite impression that, despite promises made, the DNC failed to put any sizable amount of money and campaign power down on critical races in Kansas, Georgia and Montana. Indeed, only the Daily Kos was named as a major mover in raising money and public awareness for these races — to my knowledge the Kos is not a branch of the Democratic Party.
It seems to me that the DNC should have put some money where its weak mouth is, that some heavy Democratic guns should have gone to these states to campaign for: James Thompson in Kansas, in the very heart of Koch Brothers country; Jon Ossof in Georgia; and Rob Quist in Montana.
Trump handed Democrats an opportunity to change the political makeup of the House of Representatives by pulling Mike Pompeo, Tom Price and Ryan Zinke out of their congressional seats for jobs in his congress. It’s like Trump was opening wide a door of opportunity for political change.
It seems to me that the DNC sat on its hands and did diddly squat — just like it always does.
Why the hell hasn’t there been a robust 50-state campaign mounted, with money-raising for critical races (and every race should be a critical race and no Republican should run unopposed by a Dem), and Democratic big guns ready to go to these states to aggressively campaign for more Democratic representation?
Seems to me that money should be withheld from the DNC until they get their shit together, and people should refer to the Kos for candidates to back financially and campaign for.
I voted for Hillary because she was definitely the most-qualified candidate and I believed she could be brought around to more Berniesque attitudes. We were screwed by voter suppression, the crosscheck thing, pisspoor DNC strategy, the Russians, misogyny, the electoral college and voter stupidity. I hoped the DNC would learn a thing or two from the defeat — but I guess not.
In the meantime, thank you, Daily Kos, for being good citizens and keeping us on the mark!