it with the current system of unpledged delegates. that as a superdelegate myself. as president of one of the largest unions in the american labor movement, we have to change very the rules and bylaws committee undertook a rigorous process and has come up with an evenhanded proposal. it does not disenfranchise anyone or dilute the diversity that has always been essential to our strength and vitality. if it did this i have to tell board withn't be on these proposals because of who i am and where i came from. i support these proposals. what they do. what they do is make more people feel like they have a voice. the step towards empowering grassroots and promoting inclusion. widening a circle. to make political engagement easier for people especially those with disabilities, those that speak limited english, and working people who should not have to choose between job security and democratic participation. moment.our movement ourselveshard look at to make a change. sisters and brothers we cannot wait, no more delays or deliberations, we debated this ad nausea. our job a

we can't do that with the current system of unpledged elegance. -- delegates. and i say that as a superdelegate myself. and president of one of the largest unions in the american labor movement. we have got to change. rules and bylaws committee undertook a rigorous process and has come up with an evenhanded proposal, i believe. it does not disenfranchise anyone. it does not dilute the diversity that has been essential to our strength and our vitality. if it did this, i have got to tell you, speaking to you right now, i would not be on board with these proposals because of who i am and where i came from. but i support these proposals. do. they what they do is make more people feel like they had a voice. step towardsrtant empowering grassroots and promoting inclusion. whitening the decision-making circle. the proposed coppice reforms make political engagement easy for more people, especially voters with disabilities, those who speak limited english, and working people who should not have to choose between job security and democratic participation. this is our mov

we all serve as unpledged delegates. a delegate later in the charter talks about full participation. we all have full participation and to say that a delegate with full participation cannot vote is a dilution of that right to vote. any misunderstanding or misinterpretation of that is that isn interpretation worthy of rudy giuliani or kellyanne conway. [laughter] [applause] you know, it is bizarre that a delegate is supposed to have full participation. and to say that a delegate does not have that full participation , that is a dilution and a violation of the trial -- charter. there is a much bigger issue, really, but this is such a major change that we should have a two thirds vote for this, regardless of whether it is in the charter or not in the charter. need to be unified coming out of need to be unified coming out of here. yesterday, you heard donna >> i served on the unity commission and the rules committee. i served on the rules committee for a very long time. i do not believe this requires the charter amendment. i

we cannot do it with the current system of unpledged delegates. i say that as a superdelegate myself, and president of one of the largest unions and the -- one of the largest unions in the american labor movement. we have to change. the rules and bylaws committee undertook a rigorous progress that has come up with an uneven -- with an evenhanded progress, and it doesn't dilute the diversity that has been essential to our strength and vitality. if it did this, i have got to tell you, speaking to you now, i would not be on board with these proposals because of who i am or where i came from but i support these proposals. [applause] the proposed reforms make voter engagement is there for people, especially those working people who should have to choose between job security and democratic participation. moment.our moment to take a hard look ourselves and to make a change. sisters and brothers, we cannot wait. .o more delays or deliberations we have debated this ad nauseam. our job as a democratic party is to get them across elected, so let's start but

changes to their roles in their the presidential nominating process involving superdelegates for unpledgedlike. dnc voting to prevent superdelegates from voting on the first ballot at the convention after a majority sided with hillary clinton over senator bernie sanders in a bitter primary fight two years ago. molly henneberg is live from washington with more. what can you tell us? >> hi, arthel appeared hundreds of party insiders who are not bound to any one candidate can make up 15% of the vote at the party's national convention every four years. starting in 2020, the superdelegates may have to set up for the first row. under new rules passed by the democratic national committee, if the first ballot is contested, meaning no one candidate has enough pledged delegates from state primaries and caucuses to win outright and superdelegates cannot vote. if there's a need for a second ballot, superdelegates can vote. this move is in response in large part to bernie sanders campaign in 2016. his supporters accuse national democratic leaders abusing superdelegates to drive out the numbers for hill

power was stripped from super dill gets who were unpledged and vote for whoever they wanted.ew rules tweaked a way state caucuses are governs. >> making sure at the end of the day when the process is done to select the democratic nominee, that they feel like their candidate got a fair shake. that the process was fair to everyone and that they're excited moving forward. >> dana: joining me now, michael blake and maryann marsh, former adviser to john kerry. good to have you with us. michael, you with there at the chicago. the super delegates wasn't the only thing. what was the top take-away? >> it's time for us to move from a lot of the conversations. we can't ignore perception being reality with the grass roots feeling like we're not listening. we were able to move on and make this transition and focus on the people in the states are being elevated. beyond that, the changes when it comes to the caucus primaries are remarkable. we need to move forward. >> dana: tell me about this super delegate pate. this is jason nichols talking on "fox and friends." >> we always have to remem

the position of many of the party is that we deserve, those of us who are unpledged delegates, we deservehave a voice in the process. and whether that is at the table with a vote or behind the scenes , raising money for candidates or taking candidates around, we believe that automatic delegates should continue to play a role because we are part of the sauce for victory. amy: that was donna brazil speaking after the vote that she opposed. norman solomon, talk about this victory and how you organized for it and the fact that tom perez, the chairman of the dnc, voted with you. >> frankly, tom perez, the chair of the dnc, was dragged kicking and screaming, but effectively, to advocate for this i think very profound change. it should be said that the organization our revolution did a tremendous job in the last two years working inside and outside the democratic party to help organize this tremendous change. a year ago, six months ago, it seemed virtually impossible to get such a clean sweep in terms of superdelegate power. what we heard from donna brazile and don fowler was the anger of the ol

remember the unpledged delegates.dea for a while the republican establishment, if they could keep trump just below that magic number they could override it with that. it seemed like there was a lesson there of republicans theoretically having some power to at least make it difficult for trump but resisting because they said they feared the idea that their voters wouldn't accept it. >> oh, yeah. and it's a culture of corruption. i mean, with these delegates it is -- to your point, the schmoozing, the things you have to do, it's almost like one is trying to bribe more and trying to do this. it is really a corrupt i think process. >> an outdated process. >> it really is. hats off to you that you had to do that. it's tough. it really is. i just think it breeds -- it's just a slimy part of the election process if you ask me. >> eddie, does this -- you talk about those bernie voters, those young folks in particular, that was where the noise was coming from in 2016. but does this -- does this bring peace to the democratic pa

about 15% of the pool of delegates and they were unpledged. they could support whoever they wanted. will remember secretary her campaigned earlier than bernie sanders did. had more support from the establishment of the party. mccain the point at which she had 300 or 400 of these superdelegates locked up before a single voter cast a vote. folks felt that was -- that worked the process voter say one candidate has such an advantage why do i even want to participate. "rigged"d an air of system. forward these superdelegates will not vote on the first ballot and the democratic party has not had a second ballot since the 1950's. a candidate can go in with a majority of pledged delegates, elected by the people, and win the nomination. we've changed the way caucuses are run to make sure they are more transparent, accessible, that they have absentee voting in that we are not closing people out of that process. there was language that was not asked wrong as some of us wanted about opening up primaries in a number of states where young people are being locked out of the primary process and disp