Reply #40: I think it is the view of the left

[Zodiak]

That purifying the party is the path to building a governing majority. Chicken and egg and all that.

Elections have been our problem, and we have not demonstrably been successful with an overwhelmingly conservative field of candidates, as far as Democrats go. It would follow that trying something different might help overcome election fraud. The left side of the netroots has chosen this path and do not consider it self-immolation.

I also suspect that the same people also have made up their minds on this issue to the point that reminding them to "go along and we will win" is not going to work. They did that a couple of times already, at least by their estimation, so it is no longer an issue of trust, but what hasn't worked.