Politics, government and public life for Southern California
Meet a pair of California DNC delegate brothers who want a more
progressive party  Kitty Felde/KPCC  Dante, left, and David
Atkins are brothers and progressive Democrats from Southern
California who are delegates at the Democratic National
Convention  They look alike, they talk alike, and though they're
not twins, they are united in a mission: move the Democratic
Party farther to the left.  Delegates David Atkins of Ventura
and Dante Atkins of Los Angeles say they’ve always had political
inclinations. David said they were “always excited to get our
sample ballots from the time we were 12 years old. And we would
go and mark them up. It was hilarious.”  The pair started
writing their opinions online about a decade ago, then got
involved with Howard Dean's presidential campaign. Since then,
the duo has been working within the party itself, trying to
embody what Dean described as the “Democratic wing of the
Democratic Party.” David expresses frustratio