Reply #17: that's exactly what i'm saying. they simply do not care about their base

[bpeale]

they see all these hordes of "new" voters who may or may not be around at election time, and they pander to those folks & ignore the base who does everything for them. their worker drones if you will. dollars to donuts those "new" voters will not do any volunteering or donating of cash or anything else because they "have other priorities." so who does that leave for the dems to work with? i'm tired of being USED by the democratic party but otherwise ignored. i didn't leave the party. the party left me. that's why they can't get the party to walk in lockstep like the republicans do. because they let go of what they have to grab the new & improved stuff thereby alienating those they let go of (if that makes sense). i saw my own mother throw my sister & i under the bus (we were her total financial support for 20 years) for 4 worthless siblings who never did a thing for her ... in fact, hid from her for 20 years. i don't have to have a train hit me anymore to get the message.

i will NEVER not vote, but the democratic party does not OWN my vote. whoever wants my vote will have to EARN that vote. it's no longer a given that i will vote democratic. i will vote for the person i feel is best for the job & if that person does not happen to be a democrat, then so be it. they have thrown their base under the bus for these new & improved voters ... and they have let us know in not so subtle ways that they are simply not interested in hearing from us or about us or our issues.