Pennsylvania: Jim Burn

May 14, 2009 - 10:12 am

Jim Burn: Democratic Committee = "a paramilitary operation"

According to a source who attended Tuesday night's Democratic City Committee election meeting, Jim Burn, Chair of the Allegheny County Democratic Committee, let it be known that the Democratic Committee is a "paramilitary operation" with a clear chain of command and no room for dissent (even in a Democratic primary).

He also compared supporting someone other than an endorsed candidate to crossing a union picket line. If you follow Burn's logic, the late Pittsburgh Mayor Dick Caliguiri was a scab.

Nice one, Jim!

Looks like they're back to marching in lockstep (guess we should forget any previous musings from Burn on the possibility of ever having an "open primary").

Ugh!

The Ideal Committee Member (according to Burn):

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Tue, 08/05/2008 - 13:05

State Dems get into the presidential campaign

With party conventions approaching and the presidential campaign in Pennsylvania swinging into full gear, Pennsylvania's elected officials are getting into the action, stumping for U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) in a variety of locales, but usually keeping their campaign work limited to economic issues.

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