Saw this comment on FB, which pretty well sums up yesterday . . .

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

3. Basically the last thing I heard from someone on DU I put on ignore recently

was (along with the continued insults and condescension that earned the ignore)

Yeah....but WE decide who WE run.....not Independents...
You can do whatever you want....but don't expect those that know this to be so accepting of your constant criticism of the party....kind of easy to throw stones while standing on a pile of hypocrisy.....

along with

Okay....so your an Independent...Right
then you just stepped OUT of the Party again. So you just get to vote for, who WE....the ACTUAL Democrats, decide we want to support with the Primary election..see...this is the point I keep trying to make with Independents...

and

I vote WITH my fellow Democrats...that is WHY we have a Primary election WE decide!!!!
I trust my fellow party members to make the best selection at the time.

and here's the heart of the matter

see that is the point...

what independents think of our candidates is not that important to us...its what WE think of the candidates that is...

And that's the arrogance that sums up the loss of the Senate. People who don't care what any other voter thinks of the people they choose to run other than the people they feel are 'Democratic enough'.

I am about as solidly a lefty voter as they come who doesn't simply vote the slate. I'm an "independent" who ends up voting Dem about 95% of the time - and did again last night. But when you don't care about what people like me think, and just run people who are what "Real Dems" want, you lose the Senate. And you lose badly.

It's time for 'Real Dems' to quit plugging their ears to the criticisms of "independents", and start putting up better candidates, who actually are willing to fight FOR something, not simply on the godawful 'We're not so bad' line.

Guess what? Most Americans don't give a crap about 'lesser evil'. They'll vote for people who stand up and tell you what they're FOR, even if that FOR isn't all that good for most of us, rather than people who say 'What the other guy wants to do is sucky for you'.