More of the Same from the DNC

Yesterday the Democratic National Committee voted centrist Tom Perez (a prominent Latino) as their chairperson who immediately  appointed his chief rival, progressive congressman Keith Ellison (the only Muslim in Congress), as vice-chair. Nice symbolism but the subsequent vote to retain corporate underwriting and influence instead of the more democratic (and successful) grass roots method of fund raising signals a return to the same tired and failed reliance on and continuance of the status quo. In the process, millions of potential party members will, once again, find themselves on the outside looking in. A term coined in response to failed policies during the Viet Nam War era is aptly relevant here...the proliferation of mistake.