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In reply to the discussion: Progressives storm Democratic primaries [View all]mcar
(42,279 posts)33. Well said!
To assume that one single platform item, or one single vote renders a good candidate worse than Trump, and therefore the whole USA should be taught a lesson? I can't fathom the type of person that feels this is ever a good outcome. To argue that one single vote or platform must be converted at the whim of a purist is absolutely ridiculous. Purists suck.
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Are the incumbents bad Democrats, or are the so-called "progressives" just taking advantage
Hoyt
Feb 2018
#1
It cost us in November. Not saying it's wrong at all, but it cost us. I hope that doesn't happen
Hoyt
Feb 2018
#5
What cost us was the failure of the primary system to select the most electable candidate.
lagomorph777
Feb 2018
#90
The other candidate didnt get the votes, mostly because of the poor performance of his asshat
emulatorloo
Feb 2018
#108
Nope, the most electable candidate was nominated. GOP held off on Sanders intentionally
stevenleser
Feb 2018
#120
Well, I suppose HRC could have gone in and single handedly undone voter suppression
ehrnst
Feb 2018
#154
Actual voters showed who was the most electable candidate. What polls are you talking about?
ehrnst
Feb 2018
#169
Oh, and progressives were forced to choose between establishment Dems and new blood/ideas
Weed Man
Feb 2018
#132
Hillary ran on the most progressive platform the Dems ever had. Yes, she is progressive.
ehrnst
Feb 2018
#150
Nobody is questioning the right of people to challenge incumbents in a primary
Proud Liberal Dem
Feb 2018
#6
So called for sure...I a sick of this shit...in a year when we have nothing these folks waste money
Demsrule86
Feb 2018
#75
I always vote for the Democrat...but an incumbent has an advantage thus if they win...the seat could
Demsrule86
Feb 2018
#84
Tim Ryan comes from a district that went for Trump but not in a huge way but he feels the need to
Demsrule86
Feb 2018
#113
I think that seat will be OK as the GOP running but should he win ...it is one vote less for taking
Demsrule86
Feb 2018
#77
That is not my opinion. My opinion is that the so called progressives should
Demsrule86
Feb 2018
#98
There will always be some sore losers who defect in the general if their candidate lost the primary.
Jim Lane
Feb 2018
#104
In Lipinski's case, the Democratic establishment is squarely on the side of the opponent.
ieoeja2
Feb 2018
#212
That's the same old song and dance we got all through 2016 that caused division and bled off ....
BoneyardDem
Feb 2018
#162
If you're "a young blood", how can you be "tired of establishment Democrats"?
George II
Feb 2018
#187
I don't think anyone in congress who voted against a pathway to citizenship should be in office.
NCTraveler
Feb 2018
#11
As a matter of fact we've gained seats in both the House and Senate, and just barely...
George II
Feb 2018
#73
I am a Democrat -- lifelong. I belong to a Democratic Club, and have served as
Sophia4
Feb 2018
#163
The reason that new candidates, new Democrats are challenging incumbent Democrats
Sophia4
Feb 2018
#24
Hillary had the credentials, the history and never campaigned against a Democratic incumbent.
LuvLoogie
Feb 2018
#69
"Losing an election is a message from the electorate that the voters prefer the opposing candidate"
BoneyardDem
Feb 2018
#28
for a second there, I thought I was the only one seeing it that way. Thanks :)
BoneyardDem
Feb 2018
#155
What you wrote isnt logical. If they are incumbent that means they won their seats
emulatorloo
Feb 2018
#38
Incumbents won their own seats, but they did not create an environment in which
Sophia4
Feb 2018
#47
Yes, let's quit advocating for third party candidates who can't win elections.
R B Garr
Feb 2018
#213
not sure I can count all the ways in which I disagree with your post...but here is another one
BoneyardDem
Feb 2018
#49
your arguments are not convincing, they are the same words I heard all through the Primaries
BoneyardDem
Feb 2018
#60
So, with all of that, do you have any suggestions on how to accomplish any of that?
George II
Feb 2018
#74
"It is up to the winner to reach out to the losers to reunite the Party after a primary."
ehrnst
Feb 2018
#156
If "purity" cuts off one's nose to spite one's face, it should be called out as such.
ehrnst
Feb 2018
#181
I live in California. When Democrats dare to stand up for the right of Californians
Sophia4
Feb 2018
#235
You can vote for who you want but a vote for Hillary in the GE is the price for DU membership
seaglass
Feb 2018
#231
You'll be happy to hear about this challenge - "new blood" vs a 28 year capitol hill veteran:
ehrnst
Feb 2018
#218
Well he left to become the Secretary of State...but Kerry voted for the Iraq war...as did most
Demsrule86
Feb 2018
#80
Any politician in office who voted against the Brady Bull shoiuld be voted out.
lapucelle
Feb 2018
#208
Yes. Once we were in, we almost had to stay. The very reason I say that anyone
Sophia4
Feb 2018
#226
They want to run against Republicans, but they have to run against certain Democrats
Sophia4
Feb 2018
#10
Exactly what KPD said to SDP in 1933. I wonder how much they thought of that on their way to
stevenleser
Feb 2018
#123
Any group who does this sort of thing...including Our revolution, Democracy for American and/or
Demsrule86
Feb 2018
#81
I will never support a candidate backed by Justice Democrats, Brand New Congress or Our Revolution
seaglass
Feb 2018
#44
Weird that, two groups want to UNSEAT democrats. Not just one anymore, two.
Eliot Rosewater
Feb 2018
#52
Bad to hear...could cost us the house...we have limited resources which need to be spent unseating
Demsrule86
Feb 2018
#82
Nope, Democracy isn't an excuse to turn off your brain. Democracy includes coalition building
stevenleser
Feb 2018
#119
Let's have robust primaries. It will help us to better gage what the voters want. As opposed to top
jalan48
Feb 2018
#139
Short of making all the primaries closed, what's the solution? Only one candidate?
jalan48
Feb 2018
#238
Even if every one of these candidates wins it will not get them the change they say they want.
StevieM
Feb 2018
#64
You completely miss the point. Changing the mind of ANY one Democrat won't get it.
Jim Lane
Feb 2018
#89
I guess the question is whether it is a good idea to run single-payer supporting candidates
StevieM
Feb 2018
#94
Have you notice ...Democrats have no power in Washington...timing is everything.
Demsrule86
Feb 2018
#137
at what juncture in the last 30 years of politics would you have made a different argument, really?
JCanete
Feb 2018
#176
Anytime...I can 't remember a time we had nothing...maybe the first two years in the Reagan
Demsrule86
Feb 2018
#186
Probably because they enabled the seating of George W. Bush and Donald Trump nt
stevenleser
Feb 2018
#118
Progressive is a great word and political ideology...but when some confuse progressive with
Demsrule86
Feb 2018
#135
Exactly, the "Young Turks" wing (not Democrats any of them) costs us elections. We pay a heavy
Demsrule86
Feb 2018
#210
Maybe if a person doesnt like the outcome of a given primary, maybe that is the problem here
Eliot Rosewater
Feb 2018
#223
Precisely - caucuses result in bullying, intimidation, and "mob rule". Primaries are the way to go..
George II
Feb 2018
#221
A former business associate of my wife reached out about her campaign for a House seat...
brooklynite
Feb 2018
#236