{"id":6300,"date":"2017-02-26T09:44:56","date_gmt":"2017-02-26T17:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/?p=6300"},"modified":"2017-02-26T14:17:34","modified_gmt":"2017-02-26T22:17:34","slug":"democrats-maintain-status-quo-with-election-of-perez-to-dnc-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/6300\/democrats-maintain-status-quo-with-election-of-perez-to-dnc-chair\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Maintain Status Quo with Election of Perez to DNC Chair"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_6301\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6301\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6301\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/2017\/02\/tom_perez.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/2017\/02\/tom_perez.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/2017\/02\/tom_perez-265x300.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6301\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Newly minted DNC Chair Tom Perez. Photo via Wikipedia.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>By\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/author\/rstone\/\">Ralph E. Stone<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>February 26, 2017<\/p>\n<p>Democrats yesterday maintained the status quo with the election of former Labor Secretary\u00a0Tom Perez\u00a0over\u00a0Rep.\u00a0Keith Ellison\u00a0(D-Minn)\u00a0for the Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairmanship.\u00a0Following his elevation,\u00a0Perez appointed Ellison as Deputy Chair with unanimous approval.<\/p>\n<p>Ellison was supported by Bernie Sanders\u00a0and the\u00a0increasingly restive\u00a0progressive wing of the Democratic Party.\u00a0Appointing\u00a0Ellison as Deputy DNC Chair was an effort to appease Sanders supporters\u00a0as well as to help\u00a0unite a fractured\u00a0and divided party.<\/p>\n<p>As Will Rogers once said, &#8220;I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Assistant_Attorney_General\">Perez<\/a>\u00a0was\u00a0U.S. Secretary\u00a0Secretary of Labor\u00a0from 2013 to 2017. \u00a0He previously\u00a0served as the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Assistant_Attorney_General\">Assistant Attorney General\u00a0<\/a>for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Civil_Rights_Division\">Civil Rights Division<\/a>\u00a0of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Department_of_Justice\">U.S. Department of Justice<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now is time for the Democratic Party to undergo a fundamental reassessment. The Party needs to be re-imagined as less of an insider\u2019s club focused on raising corporate money and more of an advocate for the working-class. With a new, reinvigorated DNC and a new presidential nominee, Democrats can begin the task of taking\u00a0back the White House in 2020 while making gains in the midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>Is the Democratic Party ready to unite for the formidable tasks\u00a0ahead?\u00a0Is Perez the best person for the job?\u00a0Democrats\u00a0can only hope for the best.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats yesterday maintained the status quo with the election of former Labor Secretary Tom Perez over Rep. 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