Try and promote one candidate other than Hillary [View all]

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...ffs, and don't just rail on and on about how opposed you are to Hillary. It's self-defeating to do nothing but just line up against one Democratic candidate and spend absolutely no time promoting the positions, declarations, opinions, etc. of others you would support. In the end, most of that negativity will just play into the hands of those whose goal is to divide our Democratic coalition among ourselves.

I think Hillary Clinton would be a tired and stale choice for those who expect more progressiveness in our politics and presidency, and I regularly post the views on issues and events from Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and Martin 'O'Malley. I've seen others here mention potential candidates, like Joe Biden, Sherrod Brown, Jim Webb, and several others who I have not considered as my personal choice, but I'd be very interested if their views were posted here (by those who support them) on a regular basis for contrast.

Bottom line is, though, it's easy as hell to talk about who you oppose; much more complex to present a candidate whose views are counter to that opposition; even easier to just throw your hands up and say screw them all, as some will do. We need positive politics to go with progressiveness if we expect to propel our issues into the national debate. That means making the hard choices of who to support and representing and defending them. That's what I'd like to see, going forward.