Analysis of the recent election process yields one outstanding fact. The leadership of the Democratic National Committee is incompetent. It stubbornly insisted that a diminished President Joe Biden could defeat Donald Trump and, sadly, many other Democrats agreed with that assessment. Anybody who questioned the almighty authority of the DNC was ridiculed and shunned. (U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips deserves an apology.) Then the country had to witness the embarrassment of Biden’s performance on national TV before acknowledging his ineptness. There were many other Democratic candidates who could have defeated Trump, but the DNC interfered with the primary system and intimidated anybody who would have stepped up to run. The late entry of Harris was a desperate gamble with disappointing results. In my opinion, the DNC chair, Jaime Harrison, needs to resign and apologize for his incompetence, and he needs to take the rest of his team with him.
Robert Malecki, Brooklyn Park
