The Gooder Democrat: A Manifesto

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14. your not the boss of me

Actually I think many of those are good points, especially number 4.

I don't agree about electability though.

Although being able to vote in a primary is kinda rare anyway. I thought it was kinda funny. Because I got behind the first guy who filed. Six months later other people filed, and I did NOT research to see which one of the five agreed more with me. I stayed with the guy I was with.

He lost anyway, so it did not make much difference.

I have supported the defeat of dinos, and not seen that do much good.
Lieberman lost, but then won as an independent, but then did not run for re-election. I supported the defeat of Boswell, but now think Fallon kinda shot himself, and by extension ME, in the foot. And now that district has a Republican incumbent since 2012.

I guess we may win it in 2014. Hard to tell how progressive our candidate is though. She sure can raise money though.

At the State Senate level, we worked to defeat an incumbent dino, and then won the general election only to lose in 2012. Who knows though, our dino may have lost in 2008. He came close to losing in 2004.

So it is hard to tell how much good that does. And Republicans have been winning, with the bloodbath of 2010 and then the purging of the moderates in 2012. Hard to tell what 2014 is looking like.