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(26 Feb 2017) AFTER A STINGING LOSS, AND MONTHS OF DEMONSTRATIONS,h
SOUNDBITE (English) Donna Brazile, Former Democratic National Committee Chair: "I hereby call to order the 2017 winter meeting of the Democratic National Committee."
A NEW DIRECTION FOR DEMOCRATS.
SOUNDBITE (English) Donna Brazile, Former Democratic National Committee Chair: "The results are 235 for Mr. Perez, and 200 for Mr. Ellison."
PARTY ACTIVISTS ON SATURDAY ELECTED FORMER LABOR SECRETARY TOM PEREZ AS DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE CHAIR, A CONTEST THAT COMES AS DEMOCRATS FACE A POWER DEFICIT IN WASHINGTON — AND, ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
SOUNDBITE (English) James Major Woodall, Statesboro, Georgia resident: "Of course, we're going to have differences in opinion and whether resolutions should be passed or not but, at the end of the day, we're still Democrats and we still have to fight for one another and for the common good of all people."
PEREZ EDGED OUT MINNESOTA CONGRESSMAN KEITH ELLISON, BUT IT TOOK TWO ROUNDS OF VOTING.
PART CHEERLEADER, PART FUNDRAISER, PART ORGANIZER AND RECRUITER, PART PUBLIC MESSENGER, PEREZ LEADS A PARTY STILL REELING FROM THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.
SOUNDBITE (English) Tom Perez, Democratic National Committee Chair: "We will plan strategy together. We will lift each other up together. We will decide our party's future together. And, we will take on Donald Trump and the far-right Republicans together."
NEXT FOR DEMOCRATS?
BRIDGING INTRA-PARTY DIVIDES — PEREZ ON SATURDAY NAMED ELLISON DEPUTY CHAIR — AND TURNING AN OUTPOURING OF LIBERAL PROTEST AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP INTO POLITICAL GAINS … IN CONGRESS … AND IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
SOUNDBITE (English) Bill Barrow, Associated Press: "How can the Democratic Party machinery, which maintains that they share the same broad values as a lot of these movements, turn that energy into actual votes in 2017 and 2018? I think that just remains to be seen. I think that anyone that says they know what becomes of that is fooling themselves."
A GROWING MOVEMENT, FACING AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE.
ALEX SANZ, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, ATLANTA.

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