we are going to turn shortly to lorraine miller and jim roosevelt but i want to give my friend don faller an opportunity to speak. i know don reflects a different view. [applause] >> hello democrats. in 2020?ing to win more importantly are we going to win in 2018? this party is responsible for the progress of america for 200 years. , we must movenow on to victory and reinstate the the rightman beings, for people to ask, do, and be themselves and who they love and the right to be freely engaged in our political operations. that is what we all want to do here, today in this meeting. i have four or five quick points i would make with respect to this proposal that is before you. first is disenfranchising. 200 african-americans will be eliminated from the vote on the latinos,lot, 100 dozens of people from the lgbt community, and dozens of people who suffer physical or other disabilities, those will all be eliminated because they are youained in these people, and me and the elected officials across america. those will be eliminated on the first ballot. the democratic party has been the engine f

and i want to say congratulations to don faller the head of the opposition reforms to say, look, it ise overwhelming numbers of the dnc, support the reforms, let's move forward and vote for acclamation to make sure we go out of here and that our focus is to win elections and to get republicans off of -- out of power and to get rid of donald trump in 2020. >> so then, ed, what was your read on all of this from the need to the outcome? >> yes, so i think maria hits the nail on the head here in that superdelegates have never changed the outcome of the election, which kind of underscores the fact that if they have not changed the outcome of the election, then why do they need a vote in the first place? i'm saying this, by the way, as a former superdelegate who enjoyed a vote in one convention. and really, it didn't make a lot of sense. super delegates still retain an enormous amount of influence in the party. these are the party luminaries who guide the process year in and year out regardless of whether or not there's an election. and this change that came through today is something that d