The Party Bosses. (Reply #55) - Democratic Underground

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Tue Mar 12, 2013, 08:36 PM

Le Taz Hot (22,271 posts)

55. The Party Bosses.

The ones who make the decisions as to who is an acceptable, or, "electable" candidate and who isn't. Whose candidacy they will starve and whose they will support. The same geniuses who, every 4 years, engage in their usual 6-state strategy and ignore the rest of the country. I've been out of the Democratic Party for 9 years now so I don't know who holds those positions anymore.

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129 replies	Author	Time	Post
The Reasons Ashley Judd Can Not Win in Kentucky... [View all]	David Zephyr	Mar 2013	OP
"If Ashely Jud runs, she will be elected." Well, this may not be true.	Swamp Lover	Mar 2013	#1
"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take"	Benton D Struckcheon	Mar 2013	#45
Fuckin' A.	Iggo	Mar 2013	#65
What...	Ztolkins	Mar 2013	#113
She can be my second surrogate Senator	House of Roberts	Mar 2013	#2
Mine, too!	Delmette	Mar 2013	#15
Democratic	deurbano	Mar 2013	#18
Thank you for making this correction,	leftieNanner	Mar 2013	#21
My bad.	Delmette	Mar 2013	#26
I know what you mean	thucythucy	Mar 2013	#43
Why did you use "correctly" correctly in your first sentence and incorrectly in	maddiemom	Mar 2013	#107
Honestly, I have trouble	Control-Z	Mar 2013	#39
Oh God, I know how you feel....	ReRe	Mar 2013	#42
We have Mark Pryor. If you know what I mean.	Blanks	Mar 2013	#97
My sympathies of course	ReRe	Mar 2013	#114
She can be my 3rd after Sanders & Warren. In NC I have a blue dog Dem & Burr....	tpsbmam	Mar 2013	#125
Heaping big K&R n/t	Whisp	Mar 2013	#3
The Can't folks, I think would rather deal with a TeaPubliKlan if they can't get a	TheKentuckian	Mar 2013	#4
She's my Elizabeth Warren for 2014.	onehandle	Mar 2013	#5
what was so sad	Coolest Ranger	Mar 2013	#6
Ashley Judd is running for Senator. If you live anywhere in Kentucky you CAN vote for her.	TheDebbieDee	Mar 2013	#16
That's odd	Coolest Ranger	Mar 2013	#31
Maybe you only voted in the Bunning years......The elections for Senator are staggered	TheDebbieDee	Mar 2013	#50
I remember in every election since 1998	Coolest Ranger	Mar 2013	#57
Then you didn't look hard enough	Ter	Mar 2013	#68
I got some crow to eat	Coolest Ranger	Mar 2013	#69
McConnel should have been on your ballot in	dsc	Mar 2013	#81
You're putting someone on ignore for being correct?	Fawke Em	Mar 2013	#99
Are you sure you've been voting every two years, not only in Presidential elections?	merrily	Mar 2013	#102
"If memory serves, they go by District."	waddirum	Mar 2013	#90
I just asked my old roommate	Coolest Ranger	Mar 2013	#96
You and your old roommate may be thinking of state senator.	merrily	Mar 2013	#103
Bunning was a U.S. congressman from 1987-99, before he was a U.S. senator.	Tanuki	Mar 2013	#111
Yep	Coolest Ranger	Mar 2013	#112
Guilty as charged...	Indepatriot	Mar 2013	#7
What a fantastic post! nt	rivegauche	Mar 2013	#20
You should post that as an OP. that's great.	Pirate Smile	Mar 2013	#28
Your post gave me goose-bumps.	PearliePoo2	Mar 2013	#88
Go Ashley!	Little Star	Mar 2013	#8
And I thought it was poll numbers...	bobclark86	Mar 2013	#9
The last I heard...	ReRe	Mar 2013	#48
reality check	daybranch	Mar 2013	#67
Well said	Walk away	Mar 2013	#74
Jack was and is the AG. Paul took Dumbings seat and beat out establishment SoS to do so.	TheKentuckian	Mar 2013	#78
The Establishment Party Bosses	Le Taz Hot	Mar 2013	#10
She's as electable....	paleotn	Mar 2013	#17
Ask the Democratic party.	Le Taz Hot	Mar 2013	#33
I always have trouble with "theys"...	ReRe	Mar 2013	#52
The Party Bosses.	Le Taz Hot	Mar 2013	#55
The folks who show up and vote at the Democratic primaries are the ones who make these decisions	Telly Savalas	Mar 2013	#70
With all due respect	Le Taz Hot	Mar 2013	#84
Exactly. People said the same thing when Al Franken ran	BlueStreak	Mar 2013	#82
how do you know that?	stillcool	Mar 2013	#44
1) It's being leaked all over the media,	Le Taz Hot	Mar 2013	#47
yeah...there's a lot..	stillcool	Mar 2013	#54
Does anyone know how the DSCC distributes campaign funding?	rhett o rick	Mar 2013	#11
Ashley will FIRST have to win the Democratic Primary,	bvar22	Mar 2013	#23
I agree. And who was our worst enemy when we tried to kick Lieberman's ass out of Conn?	rhett o rick	Mar 2013	#27
"They" NEEDED Joe Lieberman.	bvar22	Mar 2013	#36
You are such a skeptic.	rhett o rick	Mar 2013	#41
Excellent! Thanks for mentioning Huey Long.	David Zephyr	Mar 2013	#122
Judd might benefit from a revenge factor.	Jim Lane	Mar 2013	#104
I hope so. But two things. Democrats havent shown me that they "payback".	rhett o rick	Mar 2013	#108
I can't speak for the DSCC	tabbycat31	Mar 2013	#123
I dont know much about Ms. Judd's qualifications, but to defeat	rhett o rick	Mar 2013	#127
I agree	tabbycat31	Mar 2013	#128
HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!!	WillyT	Mar 2013	#12
Ready or not - here she comes. . .	DinahMoeHum	Mar 2013	#13
That's quite a mixed bag you've chosen there.	harmonicon	Mar 2013	#14
Qualified fistbump from me.	rivegauche	Mar 2013	#19
The US Senate is a fucking joke	Telly Savalas	Mar 2013	#71
So has no chance	Carnage251	Mar 2013	#22
Are you kidding?	bvar22	Mar 2013	#53
Not only America or American Idol...	ReRe	Mar 2013	#59
no he isnt kidding	blueknight	Mar 2013	#60
the entire country LOVES Hollywood	waddirum	Mar 2013	#91
What is the entertainment capital of the Bible belt?	pstokely	Mar 2013	#93
The south/republicans don't care too much about Hollywood	Carnage251	Mar 2013	#105
Lived in KY since 1977	Puzzledtraveller	Mar 2013	#100
How could you forget...	RoccoRyg	Mar 2013	#24
I did forget, but thankfully you didn't, RoccoRyg.	David Zephyr	Mar 2013	#118
In a situation like this it is really, really simple for me.	Sen. Walter Sobchak	Mar 2013	#25
When the time comes, I'll be happy to hurl some money at her from up here in NY. n/t	eggplant	Mar 2013	#29
The problem is all of those people had more political experience in their pinky than she does	BeyondGeography	Mar 2013	#30
Yeah, and all those	Le Taz Hot	Mar 2013	#35
Unfortunately, the price for "Political Experience" is Political Indebtedness.	bvar22	Mar 2013	#49
Exactly!!! n/t	Sophiegirl	Mar 2013	#58
Al Franken never served in office prior to winning his election	waddirum	Mar 2013	#92
Anyone who compares her to Warren needs to have their head examined	BeyondGeography	Mar 2013	#98
agree	upi402	Mar 2013	#32
A lot of it will depend on	John2	Mar 2013	#34
love the post and love the spirit, however	grantcart	Mar 2013	#37
Don't forget Senator Franken :) (n/t)	a2liberal	Mar 2013	#38
Yes, indeed. See my post #118. Thank you for the reminder.	David Zephyr	Mar 2013	#120
I'm glad you posted this.	Firebrand Gary	Mar 2013	#40
Ventura, Schwarzenegger, St Ronald of Reagan,	Ruby the Liberal	Mar 2013	#46
McConnell has tons of cash too. And more will come in for him.	Bake	Mar 2013	#61
We have your back, Bake	Ruby the Liberal	Mar 2013	#64
Ever notice it's guys that make this claim?	Spitfire of ATJ	Mar 2013	#51
Did you read the whole post?	cherokeeprogressive	Mar 2013	#75
Sure. It's about how the doomsayers have a track record of being wrong....	Spitfire of ATJ	Mar 2013	#79
Ashley Judd will have to run.......	socialist_n_TN	Mar 2013	#56
"channel her inner Huey Long".	David Zephyr	Mar 2013	#121
Thanks, but remember.....	socialist_n_TN	Mar 2013	#126
I agree with everything you said until your last sentence.	Bake	Mar 2013	#62
She will have to explain some of her past comments	LittleBlue	Mar 2013	#63
K&R	ReRe	Mar 2013	#66
Hell, Kentucky elected	The Wizard	Mar 2013	#72
Ashley Judd or My Name's Mudd!	NBachers	Mar 2013	#73
Who said that about...	brooklynite	Mar 2013	#76
How many movie stars have failed to win?	aquart	Mar 2013	#77
How many Hollywood starts have ran in the bible belt?	pstokely	Mar 2013	#95
Fred Thompson.	LanternWaste	Mar 2013	#101
Ben Jones (Cooter from "Dukes of Hazard") won congressional seat in Georgia...	cascadiance	Mar 2013	#115
Davey Crockett.	toby jo	Mar 2013	#124
Come back when you can answer the question you were asked.	aquart	Mar 2013	#129
I've given her support	Mosaic	Mar 2013	#80
HUGE K&R (nt)	demosocialist	Mar 2013	#83
This is the whole point of Dean's 50 State Strategy.	backscatter712	Mar 2013	#85
Yes. Howard Dean took back the Congress in a mid-term when Bush was riding high.	David Zephyr	Mar 2013	#119
Sounds good to me.	BootinUp	Mar 2013	#86
I don't care if she can win. The people of Kentucky deserve a decent candidate	FreeBC	Mar 2013	#87
Amen!!	7wo7rees	Mar 2013	#89
I'll volunteer for her campaign	lexington filly	Mar 2013	#94
Or Donnelly of Indiana could never beat Senator Lugar.	LiberalFighter	Mar 2013	#106
And one wonders still if John Cougar Mellencamp might have won in previous Indiana election...	cascadiance	Mar 2013	#116
I think her main liability will be	madville	Mar 2013	#109
Don't really agree with your examples at all	RZM	Mar 2013	#110
I have to admit I don't recall ANYONE saying Hillary Clinton or Elizabeth Warren	hughee99	Mar 2013	#117

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