Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Trump goes after Joy Reid this morning and DU promptly joins in with multiple threads trashing her [View all]bigtree
(85,986 posts)...these people you oppose don't conform to your political view.
But it shouldn't take much thought to understand that they are just as committed in their opposition to Trump as you are. In fact, many of the issues these folks you call 'far-left' are pursuing affect individuals in this country directly, often threatening their lives and livelihoods in ways that many can only imagine.
Pushing aside their concerns in order to position a campaign would be offensive enough. Giving their concern short-shrift, and denigrating them with invective labels is just politics for politics sake, not very inspiring for an election where Democrats are deciding who best to lead us into the future.
And I've talked before about the supporters who are looking to these candidates you feel are outside of your political spectrum. They will be needed to fill out our Democratic coalition. Telling them you want to win offers them nothing, and you're likely to get the same in return from people looking for representation for their life-determining issues, and protection against their disintegrating environment.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden