Progressives storm Democratic primaries

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62. I know what happened in Alabama.

But the fact remains that we had the newer candidate. It was Moore's past that caught up with him. We need to keep our Party relevant, young and energetic. Age is not always "old" and youth is not always "young," but in spirit we need to be the Party of energy, action and excitement.

Incumbents should not be just hauled out of their seats. But having challengers is good. It keeps incumbents on their toes.

Roy Moore was the perfect image of a stale, older candidate who had lots of skeletons in his closet, so to speak.

We don't have Roy Moore types in the Democratic Party in terms of courting girls half your age, but we can still have that image when we have incumbents in office who continue to serve, continue to get elected but no longer project the kind of energy that appeals to voters, especially young voters.

There is a time and a place for everything. Our Party is, in my opinion, in many cases, not project the image that is right for our time and place. For starts, our candidates need to be really good at dealing with the technology of our time. And a lot of them aren't. That is a turn-off for a lot of voters. Then there is the physical image. There is a time in life when you don't move as quickly, speak as quickly or think as quickly as is needed if you want to appeal to voters.

I think Roy Moore not only suffered from the fact of his past relationships or attempted relationships but also from the fact that he had so much history in other ways and that he was not good at responding to the allegations against him. He was like an incumbent because he was so well known to voters in his state.

Doug Jones was the challenger and a very exciting candidate. We shall see what happens in the next election because Alabama is a horribly conservative state. But Doug Jones was that face of the courageous challenger that we need at this time when we are basically out at ever national elected level.