The question isn't whether or not I will vote for the Democratic candidate.

This has been another episode of "Short answers to simple questions"

Pretty sad, huh?

if it were based on Democratic principles rather than mere party labels.

to the Republican nominee by any set of progressive standards.

...a sucking chest wound is better than having your leg blown off.

Have you noticed all those caucuses and primaries going on, lately?

The democratic candidate is the one on your ballot in the Democratic column, or with the word "democratic" next to her name. That's how you will know.

That candidate will be the one nominated by the Democratic national convention, held in late July. That candidate will be the one with the most pledged delegates from all 50 states' primaries and conventions. That candidate will be the official nominee of the Democratic party. That's how you'll know. That candidate will be the one giving an acceptance speech at the convention and naming her choice for Vice President. That candidate will be the one being supported by all of the actual Democrats you know.

So, I hope you'll be marking your ballot for the Democratic candidate for President, along with all the other Democrats on that ballot.

"The democratic candidate is the one on your ballot in the Democratic column, or with the word "democratic" next to her name. That's how you will know."

Sometimes that is the ONLY way to know how to tell one from a Republican.

It is a binary choice every four years. You make your choice and hope the Democrat wins, because we do better with Democrats in the White House. Nothing could be simpler.

who run under that label prefer profits over people, ill-considered wars and a general disregard for the inter-dependency of human communities in favor of those who are more materially prosperous.

Running under the label of "Democratic" doesn't not magically turn these vices into virtues or make them palatable.

What you describe is rank, debased, amoral partisanship and it serves no purpose except to empower the partisans at the expense of the people.

Does it shock you that folks answered the question that you asked?

than the color of a team jersey to offer a world that is in deep, deep trouble.