African American

My take, I think the Democratic Party is going through the same kind of soul-searching the Labour Party did post-Brexit. The fight over leadership there was much sharper and well-defined, but it has similar contours to what is taking place here. It's the same fight over the same group of people--"Did we appeal to the white people enough?"

I think Ellison's call to take Trump seriously as a threat makes him more than a mere Bernie-proxy in this battle, but I can see how for many he'd symbolize a sectarian grouping within the DP. I saw him up close at an event at Netroots a few years ago and really thought him a genuine person. One of the young AA workers he was mentoring in the Fight for 15 movement is now an elected council member in Missouri, maybe he will inspire more people to run for office.

Tom Perez was my hope for Hillary's VP, and I like him enormously and I think he's a tremendous progressive to boot--I don't know why people are saying he's some neo-lib moderate. I think some Bernie people are pushing back on him because he was an early endorser of Hillary, but he's used to running a large organization and creating issues to rally around. He's shaped progress for labor within the boundaries of what he could do quite impressively.

Like I said, hard call for me!