How chaotic/harsh/venomous is this primary...

[Mobius]

Poll question: How chaotic/harsh/venomous is this primary...

compared to all past Democratic primaries?

[WhoCountsTheVotes]

1. the primary isn't over

so this poll is premature

[Mobius]

5. "was" was a poor choice of words on my part

I changed it to "is". I actually wanted the poll based on thus far. Sorry for the misunderstanding:)

[codegreen]

2. primary ain't over yet

just sayin', s'all

[SangamonTaylor]

3. Not harsh at all

thanks to the Edwards doctrine!

[bigwillq]

4. I think up to this point

it has been better than the past.
Since there was more candidates in and since this is the election of our lives, I expected it to get nasty but all in all it's been pretty tame.

[Eloriel]

6. No way to answer that

It depends on what you're talking about, and it also depends on what REALLY transpired in the past.

THIS year, thanks to the Internet, some of us got to see some really filthy tricks from the Dem side against other Dems they were terrified of. THIS year some of us got to see how the Party Insiders still control who gets the nomination despite the charade of all those primaries and caucuses where "the people" are given a choice in name only.

Has that happened in the past on the Dem side against Dems? I don't know -- do you? If not, then this is the worst EVER. If it has happened in the past, then :shrug: ain't no big deal, I suppose. Except that I want none of it.

Or if you're just talking about the debates and intraparty candidate squabbling, it's probably a little better than some other years. With the exception of the Osama ad, of course.

But not that many people here at DU care about that. Just "politics as usual," or "all's fair in love and war...and politics" or "so what, my guy won" to them.

[Mobius]

7. To me, it seems much more vicious

for precisely that reason you mentioned. One cannot overlook the internent component.

[Cuban_Liberal]

8. Marginally better, maybe.

'bout the same, really....