Reply #2: The Party is in a terrible shape, but individual Democratic

[Dhalgren]

politicians are more secure now than they have ever been. It is shouted on this board every day: "If you do not vote for the Democrat, it is the same as voting for the Republican!" The "insider" Party leaders now pick and choose who will run as a Democrat and who will not. The Party "leaders" don't want primary contests, this just goes even further in securing their positions. The counter-intuitive fact that the weakness of the party makes individual members more secure is the source of most of the "spinelessness" we see in Democratic "leaders". The only way to change this party is from the outside of this party...