Everybody...Do the Snoopy dance! Hubby and I did!

[frazzled]

45. Often there are important "down ticket" races in a primary

where there are extremely important distinctions between Democrats. There are US Senate and House races, state legislature races, state offices like treasurer, judicial choices, (for us at least) water reclamation district, etc. etc. You won't get to vote on these important offices if you pull a Republican ballot.

We're not talking just presidential politics here. If you ignore the rest, it will affect the part in your state and even nationally, perhaps in unseemly ways.

In the past: I voted against Rod Blagojevich in a primary (and for a very decent Democratic opponent). Too bad more people didn't, because it was ultimately an embarrassment for the party. I also voted against Alexei Giannoulis in the Democratic primary for US Senate. That didn't fly either: and he lost to a Republican.