How would you vote in a HRC vs. Warren primary race?

[Laelth]

47. Here's the thing.

I am of the opinion that Democrats should run as Democrats and that liberals should run as liberals. Win or lose, I want Democrats to run as Democrats and not as Republican-lite. Winning as Republican-lite does us no good, in the long run, because each and every betrayal of Democratic principles tells the electorate that they can't trust the Party to support our own stated beliefs. To the extent that the Democratic Party is the liberal party in the United States, I think we should be liberals, and we should win or lose upon that basis.

Thus, I say, let's nominate real liberals, now and forevermore. Win or lose, at least we're trustworthy and consistent. We must show that we will always support working people, even if that means we nominate a candidate that has a chance of losing an election. Personally, I don't think we will lose very often if we run liberals because, 9 times of of 10, liberals are right as history has demonstrated.

I note that Harry Truman made a similar argument long ago:

I've seen it happen time after time. When the Democratic candidate allows himself to be put on the defensive and starts apologizing for the New Deal and the fair Deal, and says he really doesn't believe in them, he is sure to lose. The people don't want a phony Democrat. If it's a choice between a genuine Republican, and a Republican in Democratic clothing, the people will choose the genuine article, every time; that is, they will take a Republican before they will a phony Democrat, and I don't want any phony Democratic candidates in this campaign.

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Harry_S._Truman

-Laelth