and so is being a congressman. I know he's old, but Dean sure was effective and I hated that Rahm forced him to resign and put Debbie in his place.

About moving the party forward.

half a loaf when we need a baker's dozen

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When I saw him speak at our congressional district and state conventions, he never mentioned his preference for Bernie. He instead talked about the importance of voter turnout. At the state convention in June, Nolan played to a majority pro-Bernie crowd by talking about his support for him, even after it was clear he could not become the nominee. I saw that as cheap pandering and frankly irresponsible. Ellison, on the other hand, sought to unify. He vigorously endorsed Clinton after Bernie lost and along with Franken headlined a number of Clinton/DFL voter turn out events. There was no smearing Clinton from him, even while Bernie was still in the running--not that I saw anyway.

Sure, I was a bit pissed he endorsed Bernie, but his district did end up supporting Bernie convincingly. He handled the whole thing well, and I respect that.