Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders allies settle on pragmatic progressive Democratic Party platform [View all]

I am quite satisfied with the platform. It was negotiated upon--as all political outcomes are.


Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders allies settle on pragmatic progressive Democratic Party platform


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By Bill Palmer | June 25, 2016





After all the back and forth about what kind of philosophical tone the Democratic Party 2016 platform should or should not take on, the platform committee consisting of allies of democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and runner-up Bernie Sanders ended up with a pragmatic series of compromises on Saturday night which should end up making most involved with the process happy. So just what ended up making the cut in the now draft-stage Democratic Party platform?

The Democratic Party platform itself is the equivalent of a party mission statement, standing apart from the democratic nominee’s campaign and platform. So Clinton isn’t officially bound to anything in the platform. Sanders had wanted the platform to call for an immediate minimum wage increase to $15 nationwide, even though most economists fear such a swift increase would trigger negative economic consequences. The platform committee compromised by including the $15 per hour provision, but not attaching a stated timetable to it.

Elsewhere the platform calls for an increase to Social Security, which both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have been touting, though such an idea is unlikely to get through a republican congress. It also calls for an end to the Hyde Amendment, which restricts funding for abortion even in cases of rape, incest of medical necessity.

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Still, there appears to be enough included in the Democratic Party platform for all sides to be able to call it a victory. The Hillary Clinton campaign told CNN that it was “proud” of the platform, while Bernie Sanders tweeted out an AP story which gave him credit for influencing the platform.