Is it really "refighting the primaries" just to post the NAMES of last year's Dem candidates?

[Ken Burch]

93. i agree that cheating, Comey and the Russians made at least part of the difference.

But why make the conversation solely about those things when there is nothing we can DO about any of those things? When those things are outside of our control?

We're in the minority in Congress and most state legislatures, after all.

It's not as though we could still get the 2016 results thrown out or something.

We need ideas, strategy, and tactics, too.

And we need dialog between the factions in this party, dialog that brings us to and of the artificially created division between the social justice and economic justice movements. It's enough to say that they are distinct, yet connected. In the real world, the actual activists in both movements agree on the agenda 98% of the time.

And we need to find a way to connect with the voters we could have taken, that were basically with us, but that we aren't at present connecting with. Those are the only voters we have any real chance of adding to our totals in '18 or '20. I agree with you fully that we need to fight voter suppression, but it's not anything close to a sure thing that we can get rid of it by '18 or '20.

I'm not attacking anybody here and I supported the nominee.

I just want us to do win in '18 and '20.

We can't do that if we don't have a compelling positive message, if we don't inspire and mobilize, in addition to working on the mechanics of the process.