California Democrats decline to endorse Feinstein

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53. She's had some fairly hawkish votes.....

...and some fairly pro-corporate votes and some pretty bad votes on free speech issues.

Look, I'm not saying she's the worst Senator out there, or that someone shouldn't vote for her if she is the nominee.

But if I'm told again and again as I frequently am on here that we can't push red state dems too hard or we'll hurt their widdle feelings and they won't vote with us or that they have to vote with what their constituents want, then I'm not buying the line that any blue state dem let alone one from Califuckingfornia can't always and consistently be on the most progressive side of every issue.

And again.......I'm going to defer to the state Democratic party that they are fully informed, know what they are talking about, and know what is best for their state. If this were the Sierra Club or Angie's List or NORML or whatever else then I would think that it was just so much foot stomping to make a point (I'd still be all for it, but I'd at least be sympathetic to the other side of the discussion). But it is the Democratic party in the state of California.

And in the end it sounds like it's just the party opting to stay out of the primary rather than putting their fingers on the scale for her. Which is the way it should always be in every primary, local, state and federal.