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In reply to the discussion: According to voting record, the top 10 most progressive members of the Senate. [View all]Caliman73
(11,730 posts)It has to be EXACTLY what I think on the issue that is most important to me! Something that I got off a some website somewhere totally is enough to disqualify any one of those people from consideration.
Kidding aside, we should be having a discussion, as a party, about what we really stand for. What are the CORE values and what are the specific policies that reflect those core values. Then we need to discuss all of the members of our party who have aspirations for office within those contexts to see who the best representatives are (at least for national office). I do not mind the discussion or even the vigorous debate at all. What is irritating is when people try to pronounce a candidate "dead on arrival" based on conjecture or inaccurate information.
I do understand the passion about fundamental issues like Civil Rights and Women's Reproductive Rights and Autonomy, that makes people not want to vote for people within our party who would move to restrict those. That is part of the discussion/debate.