Exactly. The debate here is should he be doing that while serving as a vice chair for the DNC. I agree with what Hogg is going for but I also agree with Martin's call for neutrality in the DNC. But at the same time, it's really the DCCC and DSCC that should be pressured to stay neutral in primaries in open races. Both men are right to de…
Exactly. The debate here is should he be doing that while serving as a vice chair for the DNC. I agree with what Hogg is going for but I also agree with Martin's call for neutrality in the DNC. But at the same time, it's really the DCCC and DSCC that should be pressured to stay neutral in primaries in open races. Both men are right to degrees in their arguments but it's a matter of technicalities. Now Hogg was the vice chair that didn't sign the pledge to stay neutral and the rules votes are coming up in August so my guess is Hogg is trying to make his case more public and demand the party really put pressure on all of it's members to be on Team Fight. However, I don't know yet what he hopes to achieve when it comes to the rules change votes. Martin also said he doesn't want to push Hogg out but he has to decide if he wants to run the Super PAC or stay on as vice chair. Under the current rules, what Hogg is doing doesn't violate anything as vice chair but that's ahead of any potential rules changes that take place in August. So he has a window of time to use it and he might just be doing that to raise money, field candidates and potentially find someone to run the Super PAC for him if he is faced with the decision to have to choose between one or the other. Personally, I think he should stay with the DNC and put someone in charge he can trust to run the PAC but maybe his PAC is only effective when he is the face of it.
Exactly. The debate here is should he be doing that while serving as a vice chair for the DNC. I agree with what Hogg is going for but I also agree with Martin's call for neutrality in the DNC. But at the same time, it's really the DCCC and DSCC that should be pressured to stay neutral in primaries in open races. Both men are right to degrees in their arguments but it's a matter of technicalities. Now Hogg was the vice chair that didn't sign the pledge to stay neutral and the rules votes are coming up in August so my guess is Hogg is trying to make his case more public and demand the party really put pressure on all of it's members to be on Team Fight. However, I don't know yet what he hopes to achieve when it comes to the rules change votes. Martin also said he doesn't want to push Hogg out but he has to decide if he wants to run the Super PAC or stay on as vice chair. Under the current rules, what Hogg is doing doesn't violate anything as vice chair but that's ahead of any potential rules changes that take place in August. So he has a window of time to use it and he might just be doing that to raise money, field candidates and potentially find someone to run the Super PAC for him if he is faced with the decision to have to choose between one or the other. Personally, I think he should stay with the DNC and put someone in charge he can trust to run the PAC but maybe his PAC is only effective when he is the face of it.