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May 31, 2008

Points the Other Bloggers Are Sure to Miss on the DNC RBC

by AltHippo @ 5:39 pm. Filed under 2008 Elections

So, I had credentials to sit in on today’s DNC Rules & By-laws Committee. The proceeding broke up around 3:00 for lunch at which point I thought I’d make a shot at writing up my impressions. While I had some things I wanted to relate regarding details, there’s a meta-narrative here which is important. What has been lacking during the Bush years, indeed, often discouraged, is participatory democracy. This was a valuable opportunity to see a vital part of what holds this society together. That is, people arguing. Freely, often heavily handed to make their point, or to secure their clients victory. I think you could argue that some parts of the proceedings bordered on the scripted. This is a failing of the modern political class system, but one that can be compensated for by healthy debate. And, for the most part, today’s debate was healthy.

I’m just saying. Remember to chalk one up for the good guys today. The threat of hard-line authoritarianism is just a bit more distant as a result of this assembly.

So, on to some more specific observations.

Speaking for me only, AltHippo.

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4 Responses to “Points the Other Bloggers Are Sure to Miss on the DNC RBC”

  1. KCinDC Says:
    June 1st, 2008 at 9:42 pm

    Your third bullet about what should have happened seems to describe exactly what did happen. The Michigan Democratic Party recommended the 69-59 split, and the RBC said they’d get half votes. The Clintonites are blaming the RBC for the split, but that came straight from the Michigan party’s filing.

  2. KCinDC Says:
    June 1st, 2008 at 10:20 pm

    Also, it was Bill Nelson. Ben Nelson is from Nebraska.

  3. AltHippo Says:
    June 2nd, 2008 at 10:00 am

    Of course I wrote this up while the meeting was coming back to order, before the decisions were made. I’ll be sure to correct the text to Bill Nelson.

  4. KCinDC Says:
    June 2nd, 2008 at 8:42 pm

    Consider the italics removed and “should have happened” changed to “should happen”.

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