[Peace] Tonight's the night: CC Dems to vote on endorsing Keith Ellison for DNC

[Debra Schrishuhn]

Yeah but since you are not a Democrat, you don't have a say in an internal party matter. He needs to be judged in relation to the other viable candidates in the race.
Deb

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> On Jan 25, 2017, at 5:04 PM, "Carl G. Estabrook via Peace" <peace at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
> 
> Te enthusiasm for Ellison is not universal:
> 
> "Keith Ellison as DNC Chair: Another High Place, Another Empty Black Face”
> http://www.blackagendareport.com/keith-ellison-dnc
> 
> "Rep. Keith Ellison, the Personification of the Phony, Pro-War 'Progressive’"
> <http://www.blackagendareport.com/content/rep-keith-ellison-personification-phony-pro-war-%E2%80%9Cprogressive%E2%80%9D>
> 
> —CGE
> 
> 
> 
>> On Jan 25, 2017, at 10:46 AM, Susan Parenti via Peace <peace at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Bob—thanks for this. Would it helpful me  to phone or write each of the members of the Central Committee  who haven’t yet explicitly stated their support for Ellison yet? 
>>> On Jan 25, 2017, at 10:43 AM, Robert Naiman via Peace <peace at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> At tonight's meeting of the Champaign County Democratic Central Committee, we'll vote on whether to endorse Keith Ellison to be the next chair of the Democratic Central Committee. The meeting is at 7pm, at the CCDems office in downtown Champaign.
>>> 
>>> 
>>>  
>>> The list of Central Committee members eligible to vote - that is, Democratic precinct captains - is here:
>>> 
>>>  
>>> https://www.champaigncountyclerk.com/elections/docs/committeemen_democratic.pdf
>>> 
>>>  
>>> Of those folks, my understanding is that the following have indicated that they support Keith and plan to attend the meeting:
>>> 
>>>  
>>> Faruq R.A. Nelson
>>> 
>>> Danis R Pelmore
>>> 
>>> Charlene Stevens
>>> 
>>> Josh Hartke
>>> 
>>> Aaron O. Ammons
>>> 
>>> Eric Jakobsson
>>> 
>>> Ruth Wyman
>>> 
>>> Christopher Stohr
>>> 
>>> Jared Miller
>>> 
>>> Robert Naiman
>>> 
>>> Sandra Hansen
>>> 
>>> Maryam Ar-Raheem (party chair.)
>>> 
>>>  
>>> (David Brayfield supports Keith but he is out of town; Evan Keller supports Keith but he has moved.)
>>> 
>>>  
>>> If someone is not on that sub-list, it doesn't necessarily mean they oppose; it may just mean we haven't reached them yet in the last few days.
>>> 
>>>  
>>> Check the list of other folks and see whom you know. If you don't have a phone number for them, maybe you have an email address or can message them on Facebook.
>>> 
>>>  
>>> https://www.champaigncountyclerk.com/elections/docs/committeemen_democratic.pdf
>>> 
>>>  
>>> The following link may be useful. It's the endorsement of Keith by the Illinois Democratic County Chairmen’s Association. The link includes a list of Illinois Democrats who have endorsed Keith, including Senator Tammy Duckworth and Rep. Carol Ammons.
>>> 
>>>  
>>> http://ildcca.org/2017/01/idcca-endorses-congressman-keith-ellison-dnc-chairman/
>>> 
>>>  
>>> Here's the national endorsement list:
>>> 
>>>  
>>> https://keithfordnc.org/endorsements/
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I'm hoping for an overwhelming yes vote tonight. I'm looking forward to calling Emily in the state Dems office tomorrow morning and telling her that Champaign County Democrats have voted overwhelmingly to endorse Keith to lead the DNC. Emily reports to Mike Madigan and his deputy, the state party chair, both of whom will be voting in February on the next DNC chair.
>>> 
>>>  
>>> ===
>>> 
>>> Robert Naiman
>>> Policy Director
>>> Just Foreign Policy
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>>> naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
>>> (202) 448-2898 x1
>>> 
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