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Those taking a strict "no Dem must be primaried" position may have a point... [View all]
Ken Burch
Jan 2018
OP
your post brought to mind the announcement that Chelsey Manning was going to run in Maryland
hlthe2b
Jan 2018
#1
Is there any reason to assume we can ONLY take back Congress and make other gains...
Ken Burch
Jan 2018
#4
As to Harris, you're talking there about the response people had to her from months back.
Ken Burch
Jan 2018
#37
It sounded like you sort of tied me into people freaking out over the idea of Oprah running.
Ken Burch
Jan 2018
#58
You do realize that the left has attacked every candidate you mentioned...none are good enough.
Demsrule86
Jan 2018
#64
I don't care who the candidates are. And I will vote for whoever emerges as the nominee.
Demsrule86
Jan 2018
#79
I think most of the push back over Oprah was because of inexperience, not "political purity".
annabanana
Jan 2018
#28
By saying no. We are not Republicans. We want a serious candidate...a qualified candidate.
Demsrule86
Jan 2018
#103
Yes there is every reason to believe the endless debate and bickering has cost us and will cost
Demsrule86
Jan 2018
#62
Yes, I understand the intent, but we lose our democracy when elected officials
Irish_Dem
Jan 2018
#3
No one said do away with them...that is not the point...primarying sitting Dems this year is stupid.
Demsrule86
Jan 2018
#87
That is my point...these people fail to understand that the point of an election is to win...
Demsrule86
Jan 2018
#140
I was thinking about what you said...and by God. The Democratic Party has been saved from corruption
Demsrule86
Jan 2018
#102
We have almost lost our democracy by electing the GOP ...the money issue stems from United which
Demsrule86
Jan 2018
#66
Women under 30, people of color under 30, the poor of all races and ages, rank-and-file labor,
Ken Burch
Jan 2018
#13
There is a word...if you are working against Democrats...the word is Republican.
Demsrule86
Jan 2018
#88
Thank you Nurse Jackie. It's just a continuation of the usual divide & conquer tactics. I wish....
Tarheel_Dem
Jan 2018
#81
Absolutely - we are the party of aligned, but different coalitions. That is our strength.
ehrnst
Jan 2018
#116
I am against all primaries of sitting Dems...just want to get that out there...it is a stupid waste
Demsrule86
Jan 2018
#69
I suppose you would rather the GOP decides for us because that is what is happening and will
Demsrule86
Jan 2018
#70
Yeah...so much better to lose the courts for a generation...primaries of Senator and House
Demsrule86
Jan 2018
#104
you do understand we are talking about an unknown person spending big money to try to
Demsrule86
Jan 2018
#71
In a perfect world that might be true...but a costly divisive primary as we may remember can
Demsrule86
Jan 2018
#105
We have talked about this before. Don't hold your party 'accountable' this sort of thing has caused
Demsrule86
Jan 2018
#61
No in red states...we need moderate candidates to take back the House and the Senate...
Demsrule86
Jan 2018
#78
You can fire up the base all you want in a red state and will still lose...you have to tailer the
Demsrule86
Jan 2018
#132
It is insulting and such talk is why we lose...and drive the voters we need away.
Demsrule86
Jan 2018
#89
It isn't true that Democrats don't stand with the working class...and that is not why we lost.
Demsrule86
Jan 2018
#137
No party ever made a comeback from a disappointing showing by saying "stay the course".
Ken Burch
Jan 2018
#150
Sure they have... if the 16 election had little to do with issues you have discussed
Demsrule86
Jan 2018
#151
Actually she pointed out that your "criticisms" were repetitive, old, unoriginal and without merit.
NurseJackie
Jan 2018
#100
Thanks for at least that explanation. But the ideas you list that way AREN'T "anti-Democratic"
Ken Burch
Jan 2018
#125
No, it was the constant undermining of Democrats that saw 70,000-something people
R B Garr
Jan 2018
#154
And if I was undermining Democrats, rather than trying to elect more of them, I'd deserve that.
Ken Burch
Jan 2018
#155
"There's no case for maintaining the Democratic status quo when it was that status quo that ...
betsuni
Jan 2018
#162
I don't want YOUR "attention". I just want you to stop following me around and heckling me
Ken Burch
Jan 2018
#168
The point of elections is to obtain power, not to send "accountability" messages
struggle4progress
Jan 2018
#108
I think an easy solution is for people to vote for the candidate in the primary who they support.
David__77
Jan 2018
#109
We are defending many more seats in the Senate than the GOP...thus it is a money issue...
Demsrule86
Jan 2018
#139
I don't think they have a point at all. I think its terribly undemocratic, and the rationale is
JCanete
Jan 2018
#112
Primaries cost money. We need money to overcome a gerrymander and we have what three times as many
Demsrule86
Jan 2018
#141
We are of the same mind. If we don't live in a state, we need to mind our own business.
Demsrule86
Jan 2018
#146
Guess I haven't been following this particular topic. I don't understand the objection to anyone
Vinca
Jan 2018
#119
I agree and write down the name of the candidate so you remember who in the age
Demsrule86
Jan 2018
#153
Let's talk about holding Democrats "accountable" once they're actually in POWER.
pnwmom
Jan 2018
#159