03 June 2008

Just so you know who to blame

CNN has a piece on the Democratic panel that ruled on the infamous Michigan and Florida primaries. In case it matters to you, here are the guilty parties:

Alexis Herman, Virginia
• Panel co-chair
• U.S. secretary of labor, 1997-2001
• Uncommitted

James Roosevelt Jr., Massachusetts
• Panel co-chair
• President and CEO, Tufts Health Plan
• Former chief counsel, Massachusetts Democratic Party
• Uncommitted

Donna Brazile, District of Columbia
• Chair, DNC Voting Rights Institute
• Manager of Al Gore's 2000 presidential campaign
• Uncommitted

Mark Brewer, Michigan
• Chairman, Michigan Democratic Party
• Superdelegate vote stripped under current DNC rules
• Uncommitted

Martha Fuller Clark, New Hampshire
• State senator, elected 2004
• Lost congressional races in 2000, 2002
• Supports Obama

Ralph C. Dawson, New York
• Labor and employment lawyer
• Uncommitted

Hartina Flournoy, District of Columbia
• Former co-chairwoman of DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee
• Finance director of Al Gore's 2000 presidential campaign
• Deputy manager of Bill Clinton's 1996 presidential campaign
• Supports Clinton

Carol Khare Fowler, South Carolina
• Chairwoman, South Carolina Democratic Party
• Married to fellow Rules and Bylaws Committee member Donald Fowler
• Supports Obama

Donald Fowler, South Carolina
• Adjunct professor, University of South Carolina
• DNC chairman from 1994 to 1997
• Married to fellow Rules and Bylaws Committee member Carol Khare Fowler
• Supports Clinton

Yvonne Atkinson Gates, Nevada
• Commissioner, Clark County, Nevada, 1993 to 2007
• Uncommitted

Alice Travis Germond, West Virginia
• DNC secretary, elected in 2002
• Former vice president, NARAL Pro-Choice America
• Political director of Bill Clinton's 2002 presidential campaign
• Uncommitted

Jaime Gonzalez Jr., Texas
• Attorney
• Supports Clinton

Janice Griffin, Maryland
• President and CEO of government relations firm Griffin & Associates
• Member, 2008 Democratic National Convention Credentials Committee
• Secretary of Al Gore's 2000 presidential campaign
• Supports Obama

Alice Huffman, California
• President, California State Conference of the NAACP
• Founder of public advocacy firm A.C. Public Affairs
• Supports Clinton

Thomas Hynes, Illinois
• Chairman, DNC Midwest Caucus
• Member, DNC Executive Committee
• Former state senator and former Cook County, Illinois, assessor
• Supports Obama

Harold Ickes, District of Columbia
• Senior adviser to Clinton campaign
• White House deputy chief of staff under President Clinton
• Son of Harold L. Ickes, interior secretary under President Franklin Roosevelt
• Supports Clinton

Ben Johnson, District of Columbia
• Former assistant to Bill Clinton
• Former director, White House "One America" Initiative
• Director of consumer programs under President Carter
• Supports Clinton

Elaine Kamarck, Massachusetts
• Lecturer in public policy, Harvard University
• Senior policy adviser, Al Gore's 2000 presidential campaign
• White House aide to Bill Clinton and Gore, 1993 to 1997
• Supports Clinton

Allan Katz, Florida
• Only panel member to oppose sanctions against Florida, Michigan
• Tallahassee city commissioner since 2002
• Supports Obama; superdelegate vote stripped under current DNC rules

Eric Kleinfeld, District of Columbia
• General counsel, Howard Dean's 2004 campaign
• Adviser to Hillary Clinton's Senate campaigns
• Chief counsel, Bill Clinton's 1996 presidential campaign
• Supports Clinton

David McDonald, Washington state
• Counsel, Washington State Democratic Party
• Lead counsel for Microsoft in several cases
• Uncommitted

Mona Pasquil, California
• Northern California co-chairwoman, Asian American and Pacific Islanders for Hillary
• Deputy political director for John Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign
• Supports Clinton

Mame Reiley, Virginia
• President, the Reiley Group, a political consulting firm
• Senior adviser to Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine
• Member, DNC Executive Committee
• Supports Clinton

Garry Shay, California
• Chairman, California Democratic Party Rules Committee
• Supports Clinton

Elizabeth Smith, District of Columbia
• Political director, American Federation of Teachers
• Supports Clinton

Michael Steed, Maryland
• Founder and managing partner of private equity firm Paladin Capital Group
• Member, board of visitors, Duke University's Sanford Institute of Public Policy
• Supports Clinton

Sharon Stroschein, South Dakota
• Director of U.S. Sen. Johnson's district office
• Supports Obama

Sarah Swisher, Iowa
• First vice chairwoman, Iowa Democratic Party
• Political director, Johnson County (Iowa) Service Employees International Union
• Supports Obama; previously supported Clinton

Everett Ward, North Carolina
• Former executive director, NC Democratic Party
• Supports Obama

Jerome Wiley Segovia, Virginia
• Founder of Latinos for Dean, supporting Howard Dean's 2004 campaign
• Uncommitted

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