Heilemann: Election of Tom Perez a ‘Symbolic’ Thing

RUSH EXCERPT:

HEILEMANN: "The chairman of the Democratic Party never historically nor the chairman of the Republican Party has been the person who creates the image or the message of the party. The reform of the party takes leaders, elected leaders who step forward and capture the imagination of the party. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are not weakened by Tom Perez becoming chairman of the DNC. A big fight will happen in the Democratic Party. The party chair is not the person who is going to change the party and figure out what the party is about. It has to be elected leaders of the party. I’m not disagreeing with you, Harold. Party chairs are functionary. This was a symbolic move. What the Democratic Party becomes over the next four years is going to be fought out among people like Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders and Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi and others who step forward to become presidential candidates in 2020."