Reply #66: Allow me to Recipricate..

[radio4progressives]

Not living in the district, (or the state of Illinois for that matter)I didn't have a dog in this fight, except for the principles of process and meaningful direct representation.. I opposed the notion of bringing in a candidate from out of the district/region to run against a candidate who was from all the reports i read, was doing a yeoman's job minus party apparatus... (imagining what might have been, had she the support of the big guns from Washington is not difficult to fathom)

And I am curious why they didn't bring Duckworth into a different district or office that could have used a candidate of her qualifications, where no Democratic contender existed. (Why run one candidate against another in the same party for the same office?) I haven't seen that question raised, and why wasn't that the strategy of the party leaders instead, particularly in this case?

In any event, the Washington Elite made certain decisions based on their own agenda and all that might entail, apart from the obvious wrt the need to regain control of Congress.

Gloating and playing the guilt trip card in the name of party unity is at the height of hypocrisy on this particular situation. Functionaries need to understand that they have absolutely no moral high ground here - and their provocation for people look harshly upon Cegalis because she isn't interested in joining the Duckworth chorus at this juncture is an arrogant position to say the least and is certainly uncalled for, which appears to me the point of posting this article here.

I join you in suggesting that people need to step back arguing about these women personally. I saw Duckworth on the tube the other night and she seems ok.. i don't know her, I've only read about her here.

I haven't seen Cegalis either, but i know her positions, and they're ones i certainly support, and so therefore i support the community who backed Cegalis, naturally.

But attacking Cegalis for not signing on to Duckworth's bandwagon does nothing to promote party "unity". Indeed it is provacative, and may help to fuel a brewing movement calling to end business as usual, and all that implies including more and more "third" partys vis a vis a very different "third way" than what the DLC tried to create years ago, to echo Joe Trippi's remarks on C-Span recently.