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Scootaloo

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26. They're called "primaries," Baldguy
Mon Sep 9, 2013, 01:44 AM
Sep 2013

See, that's when, prior to the main election, the parties have their own votes to see who the given candidate from their party will be.

In the primaries, the voters belonging to that party get to vote according to who they feel will best represent their interests and the party as a whole.

As far as I am aware, Republicans do not often seek nomination from the Democratic party, nor vice versa. i'll grant that it's not impossible, if say all the candidates stepping up for a party are so far from that party that the only choice is to endorse the opposition. But it's really, really, really uncommon.

So, would I throw out an incumbent Democrat and replace them with a more liberal candidate? Absolutely. AUMF or no, in fact, the more liberal the better.

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as cold as it may be - I recognize that politicians are frequently under a lot of pressure to vote Douglas Carpenter Sep 2013 #1
I don't qualify based on the "If you are represented by a liberal in the house". pampango Sep 2013 #2
If he did, the alternative to a democrat is quite bad rurallib Sep 2013 #3
My rep is reporting 1.5% support for the war among his constituent messages Bluenorthwest Sep 2013 #4
I'm represented by Mike Fitzpatrick life long demo Sep 2013 #5
Are you ready to hand Congress over to the GOP & get Obama removed from office - over Syria? baldguy Sep 2013 #6
Congress is responsible for the fallout, not the people leftstreet Sep 2013 #8
Say hello to President Boehner. baldguy Sep 2013 #9
Tell Obama and the Democrats n/t leftstreet Sep 2013 #10
Say hello to President Kick-in-the-Scrotum! MelungeonWoman Sep 2013 #38
no. I live in Vermont. Another liberal will be elected. cali Sep 2013 #11
You don't think that can change? Tennesee used to send liberals to Congress too. baldguy Sep 2013 #12
have you ever been here? No, it's not going to change anytime in the next cali Sep 2013 #13
I'm sure Al Gore's supports at home said the same thing. baldguy Sep 2013 #17
Ridiculous. Comparing TN and VT? cali Sep 2013 #19
That's it. Bury your head in the sand. baldguy Sep 2013 #20
It's not burying my head in the sand. and I sure as hell don't hate President Obama. cali Sep 2013 #36
Al PRMC Hearings Gore is Liberal? BAWHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH! ThirdWayCowplop Sep 2013 #35
And the Democrats have done such a splendid job with all of those things! YoungDemCA Sep 2013 #18
They're called "primaries," Baldguy Scootaloo Sep 2013 #26
I'm represented by a Teabagger. blue neen Sep 2013 #7
Other: I know my rep is a "no" Charles Rangel. nt stevenleser Sep 2013 #14
No Suppor vote alberto99 Sep 2013 #15
On that spreadsheet with preliminary vote counts, Rep. Maxine Waters HardTimes99 Sep 2013 #16
I don't have to deal with that. NuclearDem Sep 2013 #21
I'm voting against my representative regardless. Chan790 Sep 2013 #22
I made a post about this on RW Reps. joshcryer Sep 2013 #23
Nope and I already called Boxer's office Le Taz Hot Sep 2013 #24
It depends on who is also available in 2014 and the entirety of the issues... yawnmaster Sep 2013 #25
What does AUMf mean? demosincebirth Sep 2013 #27
Authorizaton for the use of miliary force Douglas Carpenter Sep 2013 #28
So this is our "abortion" moment. LOL! 4bucksagallon Sep 2013 #29
I said "no," but... David__77 Sep 2013 #30
i didn't support/not support based on Libya so why should this be different JI7 Sep 2013 #31
My representative is a conservative Republican Art_from_Ark Sep 2013 #32
I am represented by a conservative democrat LostOne4Ever Sep 2013 #33
I already know how my rep feels customerserviceguy Sep 2013 #34
Sadly my Elected Democratic reps in Congress are not Liberal or Progressive so it does not really ThirdWayCowplop Sep 2013 #37
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