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Dems "pissed" at liberal groups MoveOn, Indivisible (www.axios.com)

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A closed-door meeting for House Democrats this week included a gripe-fest directed at liberal grassroots organizations, sources tell Axios.

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[–] btaf45 0 points 5 days ago (5 children)

This has nothing at all to do with the "DNC". It is a completely different group.

[A closed-door meeting for House Democrats]

so I can try to get more progressive Republicans

LOL Those went completely extinct in 1980. Your only choice would be between archconservative extremists and full scale reactionaries.

[–] GaMEChld 2 points 4 days ago (4 children)

I mean... Are they not members of the democratic party? I don't get to blame party leadership for bad party strategy, cohesion, or lack of overall tactics or messaging?

[–] btaf45 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

"DNC" is a small specific group within the Democratic Party that is focused on a specific role (primary elections). The House Democratic Caucus is another specific group within the Democratic Party made up of members of congress, and a totally different group than "The DNC".

I don’t get to blame party leadership

You were not blaming the congressional party leadership that this article is referring to. You were blaming a completely different group that had nothing to do with this. Nobody in the House Democratic Caucus that this article is about gives a shit what "The DNC" thinks about this.

[–] GaMEChld 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_National_Committee

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is the principal executive leadership board of the United States Democratic Party. According to the party charter, it has "general responsibility for the affairs of the Democratic Party between National Conventions",[1] and particularly coordinates strategy to support Democratic Party candidates throughout the country for local, state, and national office, as well as works to establish a "party brand" and to formulate the party platform.

[–] btaf45 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

["A closed-door meeting for House Democrats..."]

What part of "House Democrats" do you NOT understand? Nowhere in the article is "DNC" mentioned.

particularly coordinates strategy to support Democratic Party candidates

Do you not understand what "candidates" mean? All of the people involved here were elected congressmen -- NOT "candidates". There is no reason whatsoever an elected member of congress would give a shit what "the DNC" thinks unless they are in an ongoing election with a very close race and cannot raise enough money on their own.

[–] GaMEChld 1 points 2 days ago

Let's go slowly so you can follow my thought process.

They are members of the Democratic Party. You cannot dispute that.
The Democratic Party is a political organization.
The DNC is the leadership of the Democratic Party.
I am dissatisfied with the DNC's handling of the party.
These Democrats in the article doing as they please and, as you said, don't care about what the DNC thinks is the exact symptom of the exact problem I'm talking about.

Are you familiar with the phrase it starts at the top? Maybe if the party exhibited stronger leadership and more unity, you wouldn't have factions running amok with no unified front.

Do you remember how unified the Republican Party was when Obama was elected? That's a unified front.

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