Yesterday morning I watched an interview with David Webb on Fox and Friends weekend. I think David proved yet again yesterday that he is a very intelligent commentator. In the interview he said the "fix" was in. Tom Perez would be the new DNC Chair. He said that was who the Clinton Team and The Obama team both wanted.
I have learned better than to discount anything David says. In my opinion David was 100% correct. Perez came out of no where to win the vote. For any of us who follow politics closely, it appeared Keith Ellison had it won.
It must have appeared that way to the progressive wing also. They were not happy when the results were announced.
If anyone thinks the "fix" wasn't in all they have to do is look what both Perez and Ellison did and said immediately after the results were announced. After taking over, Perez moved to name Ellison his deputy chairman, aiming to unify a divided party.
"When we have these conversations, sometimes spirited, sometimes difficult, that's not a sign of weakness, that's a sign of strength as a party and that's what were going to keep doing,” Perez said.
“If you came here supporting me, wearing a Keith t-shirt, or any t-shirt, I’m asking you to give everything you’ve got to support Chairman Perez,” said Ellison, accepting the role. “You love this country, you love all the people in it, you care about each and every one of them, urban, rural, suburban, all cultures, all faiths, everybody, and they are in need of your help. And if we waste even a moment going at it over who supported who, we are not going to be standing up for those people. We don’t have the luxury, folks, to walk out of this room divided."
When Perez won, Ellison backers erupted in anger, chanting “Party of the people, not big money!”
Both Perez and Ellison sought to present themselves as unity candidates, but Perez was widely seen as the candidate representing the Obama-Clinton wing of the party, and Ellison as the candidate of the Bernie Sanders wing.
Former President Barack Obama released a statement on the results.
"What unites our party is a belief in opportunity – the idea that however you started out, whatever you look like, or whomever you love, America is the place where you can make it if you try," he said. "I know that Tom Perez will unite us under that banner of opportunity, and lay the groundwork for a new generation of Democratic leadership for this big, bold, inclusive, dynamic America we love so much."
Make no mistake, David Webb was correct. The "fix" was in!
"When we have these conversations, sometimes spirited, sometimes difficult, that's not a sign of weakness, that's a sign of strength as a party and that's what were going to keep doing,” Perez said.
“If you came here supporting me, wearing a Keith t-shirt, or any t-shirt, I’m asking you to give everything you’ve got to support Chairman Perez,” said Ellison, accepting the role. “You love this country, you love all the people in it, you care about each and every one of them, urban, rural, suburban, all cultures, all faiths, everybody, and they are in need of your help. And if we waste even a moment going at it over who supported who, we are not going to be standing up for those people. We don’t have the luxury, folks, to walk out of this room divided."
When Perez won, Ellison backers erupted in anger, chanting “Party of the people, not big money!”
Both Perez and Ellison sought to present themselves as unity candidates, but Perez was widely seen as the candidate representing the Obama-Clinton wing of the party, and Ellison as the candidate of the Bernie Sanders wing.
Former President Barack Obama released a statement on the results.
"What unites our party is a belief in opportunity – the idea that however you started out, whatever you look like, or whomever you love, America is the place where you can make it if you try," he said. "I know that Tom Perez will unite us under that banner of opportunity, and lay the groundwork for a new generation of Democratic leadership for this big, bold, inclusive, dynamic America we love so much."
Make no mistake, David Webb was correct. The "fix" was in!
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