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Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Traditionally, yes, the view of Presidents has been that it is "their" party when they hold office, but, in reality, at all times it ought to be the party of it's members, not of any one elected official. I think we agree, though, on the lesson, which is, we can't have a President who is not paying attention to the funding and maintenance of the Party. It's just a bad idea.
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He was the party's leader, and he abdicated that role. I am a huge fan, but that was a huge fuck-up.
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The elements I see here where I'd suggest wrongdoing is involved are not pulling in Party officers where they are supposed to be, not reporting to the full DNC body when they're supposed to, and cutting deals with candidates that aren't being vetted by the officers in particular. Those seem like pretty clear allegations of wrongdoing. What I don't see here (and it may be this is a "yet") is an allegation that someone improperly profited by this - this looks more like a power game than a money game.
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Spoken like a lawyer. The wrongdoing is that they raised money from Democrats and wasted it on consultants instead of building the party. If you think of the party apparatchiks and consultants as a class of cronies, the money was spent to enrich those insiders rather than to do get anything done.
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Ultimately, fixing the party is going to be on the DNC members, the state parties, and the key elected officials, because they're what we've got. Want to run for DNC?
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In the abstract, sure, but not with my current life.
