This will be my only comment on the bloodbath, that was the 2014 General Election ...

[Rilgin]

82. Somewhat consistent

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Your original post did reference the general election season. However, some of your OP and followups were more generalized and not limited to primaries. In particular, you discussed the ACA urging people to claim it as a victory without reference to the election period itself.

If we ignore the broader aspects and concentrate on the general election season, you are urging leftists to either be silent or lie (trumpeting policies they disagree with) in order to support candidates chosen in the primary. This may in fact add to votes but adds to cynicism and apathy.

It also deflects from what my post was about which is policies. If you want people to talk about your policies, victories, or that you fight for them, then pass policies and fight for policies that connect to them. YOu might lose some but you build trust and brand. Politicians will continue to pass milktoast policies if we allow them by putting a pretty dress or suit on those policies regardless of whether it is during, before or after an election. This seems to be what you are recommending, trying to convince people that the emporer is really wearing clothes. It may actually be effective in that some people might believe it but you will lose trust in others.