The DNC is what the repubs would have looked like if trump lost. A vague dissolution of differing ideals and goals all trying to fight for the top. Trump, in his victory, has done a lot to cover up the fact that the republicans are just as divided and senseless as the democrats.

The electoral college, the design of the country that says "the small populous regions cannot rule the unpopulous ones" finally kicked in in force rather than as a weak effect. The two groups are going to have to reorient to this new world of politics, and the republicans did so a bit faster. To be fair, they've been cheating a bit as well, with gerrymandering and voter-id laws. Hopefully those will not remain, because those are real, and very deadly, dangers to the system of our democracy in my opinion.

What worries me slightly is that our system will no longer match our public ideals and discourse. A democratic nation leads to republican rule, and it seems like the whole nation hates it. If this is a trend, it will be a strong test of the US government and its systems.

Ellison is the wrong guy to put in charge. He seems like a decent enough guy with all the progressive boxes checked off. But he has never lead a national organization like the DNC. He has never had to raise funds to fight in the various Redneckistans out there. He is a guy who likes to hang out on the coasts and liberal enclaves and not in places like Arkansas, central Ohio, Kentucky, Kansas etc. And the reality is that as a Muslim with ties to the Nation of Islam, that is going to be a distraction and talking point for the next two years. The other thing about Ellison, that I think will hurt the DNC, is that he is an active Congressman. He's going to have two full time jobs at hand; instead of putting someone in charge at the DNC who can focus 300% on the rebuilding job. And also speaking as a realist, Ellison is going to have a lot of Obama baggage that is going to be brought up every time he speaks. And right now, Obama needs to step aside from the limelight and instead work on donors and cash flows while letting the party people step up and fight.

Sanders supports Ellison, so does Warren. I'm a Deaniac at heart and want him in charge again, but I am not going to get that. I just hope that Ellison is the right choice and he kicks ass.