More from the 'open tent' party. After shunning Sen. Joe Lieberman because of his position on the war on terror, the heavyweights at the DNC are threatening more who don't tow the line. But first on the agenda is to change their primary rules "with the aim of expanding the presence of minorities, gays, lesbians, bisexuals, trans-gender people and people with disabilities in the party." This is the first indication I've noticed where the DNC is looking to expand minorities in real political positions. Are they feeling a need to catch up to the GOP, where minorities stand on their ability?
A noble mission for any political party, but in the case of the DNC today, I think that retaining minorities might be more accurate. Could they be noticing that the party has moved left of the base of their constituents? The more success they have in nominating gays, lesbians, bisexuals, trans-gender or some other type of sexual mutant, the faster they're going to leave their base behind, for Joe Lieberman. They continue to make the smallest percentage of our population the most important, ignoring the other 90 percent. True, they are champions of and for the homeless. Everyone should have a shopping cart and a refrigerator box, because they care.
 The message to potential democrat candidates is this, if you don't go along with the rule change, then you won't get any delegates. Says rules committee member from South Carolina, Carol Khare Fowler, "If you campaign in a state that is outside the rules, then you're not entitled to delegates from that state."
Democrats may punish candidates (AP). [Yahoo! News: Politics News]
Catering to constituency groups rouses friction among Democrats.
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