Reply #15: do you vote on kissing? [View All]

[welshTerrier2]

this election was primarily (pun intended) about two major issues:
1. the war
2. we want our candidates to fight harder against the neocon agenda

what's going on right now goes way beyond Lamont and Lieberman ... the voters, i.e. the mainstream of the party, finally have found their voice ... we want our guys to fight harder and we want the damned war to end ...

again, from the OP:

The Connecticut election highlights what Democrats across the country said they want to hear from their candidates – a resolute opposition to the war in Iraq. More than three-quarters of Democrats (78%) said they want candidates who opposes the conflict, while just 6% said they think their Democratic candidates should support the war. Another 13% said they want their candidates to take a middling stance somewhere between support and opposition.

the people are demanding real changes from the party's leaders ... good politics suggest that it's time our leaders did a little more listening and a little more representing ...