Candidate Should Get Out and Stay Out, Democratic Official Says - No Room for Dissent on Charter Schools

Erik Smith:

Apparently not even President Barack Obama could run as a Democrat in Washington's 1st Legislative District. In a blistering email to a candidate who filed as a Democrat in a suburban King County district, Nicholas Carlson, chairman of the 1st District Democrats, says no one who supports charter schools can ever consider himself a true Democrat. And he tells candidate Guy Palumbo to get out and stay out.

"I demand you cease campaigning as a Democrat immediately," he says.

It's the kind of email that might make you wonder how much room there is for dissent within Democratic party ranks - at least in the area surrounding Seattle, where the party is strongest. A copy of the email, obtained by Washington State Wire, is presented in full below.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at May 28, 2012 1:12 AM
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