So Sanders is getting the concession he vocally wanted from the DNC. Instead of the chair picking all 15 seats on the platform writing committee, Sanders will pick 5, Clinton will pick 6 and chair DWS will pick the remaining 4.
Problem is, does anyone read the party platform after Election Day? Even John Boehner said that “no one reads the GOP platform.” They’re more likely to read the “Contract with America”. So really, what has Sanders gained? What are Sanders supporters getting?
- DWS:
- Rep. Elijah Cummings (Maryland)
- Rep. Howard Berman of California
- Rep. Barbara Lee of California
- Bonnie Schaefer, author and executive
- Clinton:
- Wendy Sherman, a former top State Department official and Clinton surrogate
- Neera Tanden, president of the Center for American Progress and longtime Clinton confidante
- Rep. Luis Guttierez of Illinois
- Carol Browner, a former former director of the White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy
- Ohio State Rep. Alicia Reece
- Paul Booth of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees union.
- Sanders:
- James Zogby, president of the Arab-American Institute
- Cornel West, a liberal author and racial justice activist
- Rep. Keith Ellison of Minnesota
- Bill McKibben, author and environmental activist
- Deborah Parker, Native American activist
I AM SEEING NO #LGBT PEOPLE ON THIS LIST.