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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsYep in 2011 Sanders basically said the President needs primary opposition
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Yep in 2011 Sanders basically said the President needs primary opposition (Original Post)
bigdarryl
Jan 2016
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Yea, so? Now he has his chance to change the country and I'm behind him 100%. nt
ChisolmTrailDem
Jan 2016
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demmiblue
(36,845 posts)1. Oh. And you are posting in the wrong forum. n/t
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tazkcmo
(7,300 posts)2. Democracy
Sen Sanders is a big fan of it. I'm sure he'd look forward to a primary challenge for his second term. He walks walk not just talk the talk.
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Bjornsdotter
(6,123 posts)3. I don't understand....
....why we don't primary every election. If we did maybe we wouldn't have had 8 years of Bush.
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roody
(10,849 posts)4. And he was right
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Hassin Bin Sober
(26,326 posts)5. Wait a minute? That's it?
All this time, with all the wailing and gnashing over this, I thought maybe BS really called for a primary of PO.
This is it?
Talking about a primary as a means to keep our leaders honest? Please.
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ChisolmTrailDem
(9,463 posts)6. Yea, so? Now he has his chance to change the country and I'm behind him 100%. nt
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discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)7. Locking and referring to GD: Primaries
Please consider reposting in GD: P: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1251
Thank you.
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