2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: We Should Only Let Democrats Choose Our Nominee [View all]BlueMTexpat
(15,369 posts)Any DNC Chair who argues for open primaries is not a Dem. I would hope that whoever is selected as DNC Chair will do the job full-time and will work - beginning now - to rebuild all the state networks so that we truly have a 50-state system. We have NOT had one since the departure of Howard Dean as DNC Chair in 2009 and the results for Dems since then for Congressional, Senatorial and Gubernatorial elections have been disastrous. F**k Rahm Emanuel! Howard Dean had to fight him tooth and nail to use the strategy.
Also -
1. No candidates should be allowed run as Dems in Presidential primaries without having been members of the Dem Party for at least one Presidential cycle (four years).
2. All caucuses should be abolished and replaced with primaries.
3. All primaries should be open to registered Democrats only. It is easy enough to register as a Dem in time to vote.