"He [Christie] is a moderate Democrat."

[BlueCaliDem]

13. The only way anything will change, and Democrats become more progressive, is

for the American people to STOP listening to the Democratic Party "big w(h)igs" and start thinking smarter.

The American people have ONE vote, and it's theirs and theirs alone to cast. They should cast it for the Democrat who will assuredly work on their behalf, not that of corporations and the wealthy and well-connected.

I understand that in some places the Democrat is a real blue dog, but then people need to weigh that fact against a potential teabagger candidate who is FAR worse.

In this winner-take-all democracy, unfortunately, we always have to choose between the lesser of two evils. In the primaries, however - an event pretty much overlooked by the majority of Americans unless it's a presidential election year - that's where we can change one Democrat for another. Not in the general election.

I had to hold my nose and vote for Dianne Feinstein in 2012 after she won the primaries from the candidate that I preferred (Mike Strimling). I hated that he lost from her (and got less votes than nutty Orly Taitz to boot!), but I didn't want a Republican winning the Senate seat by default. So, I opted to vote for her - and it was a veeeeery difficult vote for us, too.

The problem is, the American people have been so well cowed into not having to think rationally for themselves anymore that disasters like Christie, Schwarzenegger, and Bush happen on us as a country.