Chad wrote:

"Bart Dame, who lead the Sanders Hawaii campaign (and who actually supported Kong Kee), was visibly beaming for the remainder of the day."

That odd smile you saw on my face was an appreciation of the irony I saw in the situation. As you say, I voted for Flo, not Tim. I had explicitly warned there were two potential bad outcomes if we Bernie folks were to run one of our own for state chair. 1) We might lose and get a chair who won without our support, giving us no influence; or 2) We might have enough votes at convention to win, which would be the greater disaster, as the vast majority of the Bernie supporters have almost zero party experience. And that includes Tim himself.

I had argued for a "coalition government." A partnership between Bernie supporters and one of the more moderate candidates for chair. That would allow our people to gain experience and influence. My approach was denounced as "timid" at best and as "selling out" by the most strident supporters of Tim.