I'm disgusted by Democratic disloyalty doing the Koch Brother's job for them

[jeff47]

10. There sure is a lot of people applying to be kommissar.

Please give us a list of the acceptable party positions, so we can get to work throwing everyone else out of the party. Because nothing gets people exited to vote like demanding blind obedience.

Or with less snark:
"Lesser of two evils" is why things have gone to hell over the last 40 years. You want to continue down this path. You will get the same results: A gradual erosion of everything you believe in as small pieces are sacrificed for "the big picture".

Your entire post is "vote against Republicans". That's not going to get the people you need to the polls. You have to give them something to vote for instead of something to vote against. Because these "marginally attached voters" hate the status quo, and you are making a status quo argument. That we have to maintain our current place, or only give up a little bit. That is not what we need. We need better than the status quo. And "lesser of two evils" will never get us there.

Missteps in the 1980s and 1990s mean we will only be putting up status quo candidates for quite a while - we accepted "lesser of two evils" for too long. But times are changing. That will create conflict and quite a ruckus within the party. But it also means we'll start turning this giant ship towards a better course.