Progressives storm Democratic primaries

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55. I stand by my statement.

The incumbents have a huge say in what happens in the Party.

They are the power of the Party.

And they are messing up badly. That is why Democrats don't get elected in so many elections. The incumbents are the image of the Party.

If the incumbents are boring, people don't get excited about voting for the Party.

And frankly, and I say this as an over 70 person myself, when you have Democrats in Congress who really look and sound old and tired, it is time for them to quit and bring in new Democrats who are young and energetic and who appear young and energetic to voters. We need a revitalized Party -- not the same old, same old.

Don't mean any personal offense, but we have been losing, losing elections and losing more elections. At the moment things look good.

But we need to get away from the tired old image that we have had in recent years and get the image of capable, intelligent, ENERGETIC problem-solvers.

It is time for some of our older incumbents to give way for younger candidates.

That's the reality as I see it.

I know what it is to be perfectly healthy but speak and remember more slowly, have trouble getting out of a chair, etc. We need candidates who project strength, positive energy, aliveness -- like Obama did when he first ran. Many of our incumbents no longer do that. The incumbents create the image of the Party. We need to think about that. Some of our icons need to be primaried in my opinion. Age is not the only test. Having new ideas that contrast with those of Republicans is also important.