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The DNC is national level, state party leadership is separate.
It appears that's the perspective taken by the State and National Leadership--they're separate and only have party affiliation in common. In my opinion, integration between State and National organizations was lacking. By contrast, the RNC's approach of only penalizing the state a percentage of delegates (~50%) seems a better approach of leveling sanctions against a State who moved up their primary without totally muting the voice of the voters. It's quite possible the RNC just got lucky while the DNC drew the short straw.