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In reply to the discussion: Some People Can Not Afford to Lose the Next Presidential Election [View all]LynneSin
(95,337 posts)And right now too many people are already talking of the mindset of the general elections and we haven't had the primaries yet.
Primaries are for when we decide who is the best candidate and right now we haven't had any so it's fair game for any democrat to run and as we know from 2008 - the assumed front runner doesn't always win.
But when it comes to general elections - that is when I put the party first. Because there is absolutely, positively NOTHING you can say about ANY democratic candidate and their voting record, their donor list, their friends list or ANYTHING that would keep me from voting democrat in the general election. I really hope that the primary season does give me a candidate that makes me want to go out there and work hard to get him or her elected but I have fought hard for candidates that I had less excitement about in the past. Because in the end we need that Democrat in the White House - too much is at stake if we just say 'My values are so high that I'm willing to cast a vote that could help elect a Republican into the White House' then we just might get it. Eight years was enough with Bush.
Fight with me all you want in the primaries but as soon as the convention closes, even DU policy is that this is a site that supports the Democratic Nominee.