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Joe Biden to skip DNC meeting
« on: August 19, 2019, 03:29:35 pm »
Joe Biden to skip DNC meeting
by Naomi Lim
 | August 19, 2019 10:57 AM



Joe Biden is set to skip this week's Democratic National Committee summer meeting in San Francisco.

The DNC, earlier this month, announced it had invited the 2020 presidential primary field to address its members, who could decide their political fates should no candidate secure enough delegates for the nomination heading into next year's convention.

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, and California Sen. Kamala Harris will join a total of 13 White House hopefuls scheduled to speak with the "automatic delegates" this Friday at the gathering. Biden and South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg are two top-tier contenders who are currently not on the agenda, but may still appear via video.

This could be the second time Biden misses a marquee event hosted in San Francisco. The former vice president caught flak at the end of May for opting out of the California Democratic Convention. At the moment, he is supposed to be in New Hampshire, though his campaign is still to release details about his upcoming trip.

Buttigieg, who will also spend this weekend in the Granite State, has reportedly already invested time and resources courting DNC members, key party officials once known as "superdelegates."

DNC reforms introduced since 2016 mean members won't be able to vote during the first ballot next July in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. However, they will be able to exert their influence should voting proceed to subsequent rounds.

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Re: Joe Biden to skip DNC meeting
« Reply #1 on: August 19, 2019, 03:37:49 pm »
So superdelegates haven't gone away and are now called "automatic" delegates?
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Re: Joe Biden to skip DNC meeting
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2019, 02:17:13 am »
Joe Biden is in the indoctrination camp learning what he can and cannot say over the next six months.  Since he is such a poor student, the effort will take weeks.

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Re: Joe Biden to skip DNC meeting
« Reply #3 on: August 20, 2019, 02:49:42 am »
Joe Biden is in the indoctrination camp learning what he can and cannot say over the next six months.  Since he is such a poor student, the effort will take weeks.

As much time as he has in politics, he seems pretty undisciplined.

At this time I think the candidate will be Warren or Harris.

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Re: Joe Biden to skip DNC meeting
« Reply #4 on: August 20, 2019, 04:10:15 am »
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It is not good for a candidate not to be at a meeting of the National Committee.  Personal interaction with the members of the Committee is valuable.  Not going there tends to say to the members they are not important to the candidate.  Here is a description of their work and how they are selected.  (Tip to Democrat candidates: Don't tick off these members.)

"The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is the principal governing organization of the Democratic Party of the United States.

The DNC is responsible for overseeing the process of writing and promoting the party platform every four years and providing national leadership surrounding campaign, fundraising, political activity, and election strategy.

The DNC is made up of the chairs and vice chairs of each state Democratic Party and more than 200 elected members from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the territories."

Now, let's look at the Republican National Committee, what they do, how they are selected.
(Tip to Republican candidates:  Don't tick off these members.)

"Republican National Committee (RNC), American political organization that oversees the activities of the Republican Party, including organizing the party’s national convention, developing its political platform, coordinating campaign strategies, and fundraising.

The members of the Republican National Committee shall consist of one (1) national committeeman and one (1) national committeewoman from, and the chairman of the state Republican Party of, each state.

For the purposes of this rule and all other rules, "state" or "states" shall be taken to include American Samoa, the District of Columbia, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, except in Rule No. 14, and unless the context in which the word "state" or "states" is used clearly makes such inclusion inappropriate."