Do any other folks here get the feeling Obama is TRYING to drive progressives out of the party?

[abbeyco]

72. Then vote your conscience and do what you need to do

I'm all for that and respect your opinion.

However, if there's not a viable candidate in the party which you choose, one who may not have any chance of winning and it's a 'moral' vote,
will you ever be happy with the outcome? Hell, I'm not too proud to say I voted for Nader in 2000 and I know how fucked up that was and it gave
the vote to little boots; I'll never do that shit again unless I know a third party is viable and won't take away from a Democrat, however jacked up
he might be, getting in office - and I believe that shit from local elections up to the General Election.

Is the time right for a Progressive or 3rd candidate - maybe and maybe not. However, there's no way in hell I want THAT candidate to be of the
teabag or rethug flavor; ever.

We are cursed with the two-party majority system until it get broken....and I'm not certain when that break will happen. Until then, I'm still going
to vote Democrat because it is certainly the lesser of the two evils, like it or not.