Some Perspective From An Older Progressive Voter on Democratic Presidential Primaries.

[kpete]

Posted by Merlin 1963 at Daily Kos

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I’ve seen circular firing squads after many of Democratic losses in the past. But have we already lost and no one told me? If that is the case, there is no circular firing squad.

What we are having instead is a debate about the issues. And if your candidate has a voting record, he/she is going to have that examined. Yes, we are all going to get passionate. And verbal punches are going to thrown around by supporters. Hell, I’ve done it.

But I have never sat out an election because my favored candidate didn’t get the nomination. Here is my list of the candidates I have supported that have not gotten the nod:

Gary Hart in 1984.
Joe Biden in 1988.
No one in 1992 was my favorite, and I pulled the lever for Clinton in the primary because there was no one else by then.
Bill Bradley in 2000.
Howard Dean in 2004.
Hillary Clinton in 2008.
Bernie Sanders in 2016

Yeah, great political judgment on my part. But I voted for all the Democratic nominees. One thing to keep in mind with most of the races is that Democrats relentlessly bitched that “We really do not have many choices!”

We have a mind boggling number of choices in this election!

But now that we have choices, choices, and more choices, we are to be panicked into picking the most “electable” candidate? Could we please at least see the candidates in a debate first? If my candidate burns out, yes, I will be bummed. But I have been bummed plenty of times.

We have time to debate and choose a Democratic candidate.


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[uawchild]

1. K&R

[crazytown]

2. K&R

[loyalsister]

3. Yes!

Get it all out before the general election. This is the time for them to refine their message, explain their mistakes, and maybe evovle, as we hammer out the national platform.

[Karadeniz]

4. Agree!

[Uncle Joe]

5. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread kpete.

[GulfCoast66]

6. I'm really not that worried. New dynamics this go round.

Almost all of the multitude of great candidates are loyal members of the Democratic Party. They will quickly rally around one once the result becomes obvious.

And I have no doubt the candidate will be a long time member of the Democratic Party. Not sure which one, but 3 of them suit my taste.