In his final years as DNC chair, McAuliffe had developed a list of Democratic donors and fundraisers. When Dean came in, state party chairs, who found McAuliffe’s list ill suited to their needs, asked Dean to build a national voter database. He hired new consultants and spent $10 million expanding the voter file. The move angered McAuliffe, and Ickes launched his own database, which was widely viewed as a buttress to Clinton’s presidential campaign and a challenge to Dean. “It’s unclear what the DNC is doing,” Ickes told the Washington Post in March 2006. The fight was more technical than ideological, yet it represented a public signal of “no confidence” in the DNC by the party’s Beltway establishment, the Post reported.

Thanks for the thread, madfloridian.

Thanks for the rec.

Schultz has been consistent in rules not mattering in 2008 nor today when it comes to her own self-interests, in this she has been consistent.

All kinds of patterns emerging. Thanks for the kick.

I don't think she has done a good job at all. Time for her to go.

in 2008 just last night when he was discussing the current situation on Chris Hayes' show!

She was really ugly to him during the primary. To his credit he held his tongue.

Ya think the word got handed down? You toe the line or forever be banned??

Yep, Bernie is going there and THEY have thrown a few rodeos as we can PLAINLY see!

Can't say I'm not worried, but I have some bad OCD!

but now that bargain's fallen apart: DWS isn't just stacking the deck at the expense of the DNC's good name and capacity to organize and mobilize, but is willing to knock down the entire party in the name of keeping everyone loyal to "the Democratic candidate"

as with Gabbard's purge, all they can do is expel people and block the door: it turns into a smelly little playpen quickly enough

Tweety's show that Alex Wagner was hosting. He spoke words I don't think he believed and then when he wasn't speaking his face looked really strange. I commented to my husband about it at that time.

Really sickening what THIS POWER in The Democratic Party has done to once good people!

I am trying to find out what happened to the Journals in DU2. There is so much there about it.

I can find the posts by searching on subject line, but the journal archives are gone.

We're both kind of old, but I think it's time for the both of us to think a bit differently. With all due respect.

Lack of respect for anyone's rules but hers..

Contempt toward anyone who is not pro-Hillary.

So with all due respect...some things should not be forgotten.

.. we're going to move forward. It will be bumpy, and all the things you do help to help smooth those bumps for all of us is imperative, but in the end, we stand united.

It is not my responsibility to "smooth those bumps".

I have always before taken Bill Clinton's advice to fall in line during the general election.....BUT....

Thanks.

We won't be forgetting this when we cast our vote. Signed Voter

It's like we really aren't Democrats.

I was disgusted watching her news conference. She seemed to enjoy bashing Sanders. She was completely unprofessional and appeared mean and petty.

I can't understand how any Democrat, regardless of who they support in the primary, can be satisfied with the performance of Debbie Wasserman Shultz. She's a loser!

DWS does not set a good example for Democrats to follow.

Thanks for that.

I have not felt a part of the Democratic party since I started supporting Bernie Sanders. The Democrats act as if he didn't vote with them through the years. They do not appear to even want us in the party.

He's more of a Democrat than many of the New Dems, Third Way, or whatever label they have.