The Democratic Primaries/Caucuses are for the "Democratic Party"

[Peacetrain]

The Democratic Party is a big tent party that covers a full spectrum from far left to center left.. all are welcome..but the Party is the Party..sometimes it tracks farther left and sometimes it tracks more towards the center.. lived long enough to see the party float back and forth..

That is the Democratic Party.. great party to be a part of..

I have seen a number of ops talking about taking back the party (not sure what that means.. sounds a whole lot like the right wanting to take back their country)_

The party is not any one or select groups' possession to speak only of their philosophical view.

If this fluidity of the Democratic party is troublesome to the point a person loses sleep.. start another party ..and set standards that will only allow people whose philosophical view is in the narrow venue that is comfortable

I know the primary season can be aggravating.. but that is what it means to be a Democrat

Edit to add the gallup poll of party affiliation breakdown

http://www.gallup.com/poll/15370/party-affiliation.aspx

[HooptieWagon]

1. 29% of registered voters, and shrinking.

And Clinton supporters think it's still too big. Not the sharpest knives in the drawer.

[Peacetrain]

3. Here you go.. the full spectrum..

http://www.gallup.com/poll/15370/party-affiliation.aspx

[GoneFishin]

2. I used to believe this. How naive of me :

"The party is not any one or select groups' possession "

Uh, yeah it is. The monied interests.

[HooptieWagon]

4. "Compassionate Corporatism"

It fooled people for a little while. But they didn't deliver one iota to the Left for the 30 years of support. At some point you realize the marriage is completely fucked, and a one-way partnership. Divorce then becomes the usual answer.

[GoneFishin]

6. Good analogy. The lazy choice is to fake it for one more day, then the next, and the next ...

Then wonder why you are in a rut.

[bigwillq]

5. I would like to see open primaries

And the elimination of caucuses.

[Trust Buster]

7. The temperament of the far Right and far Left are identical. You totally nailed it by pointing

out the similarity to the far Right's "we're going to take our country back". A euphemism for extreme and intolerant positions.