Reply #23: I see no reason to welcome people who will campagin against us

[Doomsayer13]

come fall if their candidate isn't their prefered Democratic nominee. The point of the Democratic party is a union of like minded people and at the end of the day, the consensus is that the party members choose their nominee and stick behind him or her despite differences. The idea that we should allow people from a different political party to participate in our politics only to have them campaign for another nominee come the general election is not a matter of exclusion but a matter of promting party cohesion. In that sense, should we let Republicans join our primary fights only to have them turn around and support Bush afterwards?

I have no problem with the Green party (other than the Green party of California) and no problem with Green Kucinich supporters. But one cannot expect the Democratic party to be inclusionary of people who will campaign for another candidate come November.