Democrats are asking all the wrong questions of wannabe party chairs
By John Podhoretz
February 23, 2017 | 1:16pm | Updated
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Democrats are asking all the wrong questions of wannabe party chairs
Former Labor Secretary Tom Perez (left) and Rep. Keith Ellison Getty Images
There is an uncommon amount of interest in an election this weekend whose entire voting body is 447 people. The election is for the chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee, the governing body of the national Democratic Party.
It’s a boring job. The party’s chair is supposed to raise money, oversee the practical nuts-and-bolts of the party’s electoral machinery and help strategize on candidates and expenditures for upcoming races.
And yet CNN hosted a live, 90-minute debate Wednesday night with eight candidates on stage — eight candidates vying for the attentions not of a state’s primary voters or a national electorate but rather 447 professional Democrats for whom what was said on CNN will likely matter very little.
http://nypost.com/2017/02/23/democrats-are-asking-all-the-wrong-questions-of-wannabe-party-chairs/
