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brooklynite

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25. I actually have no problem at all with the Party funding their nominating contests...
Wed Apr 27, 2016, 02:31 PM
Apr 2016

1) That'll be a closed primary, right?

2) Since it won't be tax-funded, and you don't like big dollar contributions, will you support a dues structure for everyone who wants to participate?

Yes!! k8conant Apr 2016 #1
I agree! Rebkeh Apr 2016 #2
I dont. The progressive left is split between two Hortensis Apr 2016 #20
You misunderstand the nature of the split Rebkeh Apr 2016 #23
No. Your greatest weakness as a wannabe political force Hortensis Apr 2016 #24
+1000 Fresh_Start Apr 2016 #28
+ another 1000 anigbrowl Apr 2016 #31
Oh, you nailed it Anigbrowl. I'm glad that you Hortensis Apr 2016 #33
Allow me to add my +1000 leftynyc Apr 2016 #36
Dayum Stuckinthebush Apr 2016 #37
Your analysis is fatally flawed. Maedhros Apr 2016 #34
Note the rhetorical fallacies on display here anigbrowl Apr 2016 #35
Californians voting in a primary is historic in itself! ViseGrip Apr 2016 #3
California or Bust Kalidurga Apr 2016 #4
And irrelevant. nt TMontoya Apr 2016 #5
Good to know that my vote... GReedDiamond Apr 2016 #8
As a Californian, ContinentalOp Apr 2016 #17
Yes, usually CA does not matter, at this point in the process... GReedDiamond Apr 2016 #18
Yeah, let's keep wasting taxpayer money. nolawarlock Apr 2016 #6
I agree with you, no primary should be tax funded nadinbrzezinski Apr 2016 #13
Oddly enough nolawarlock Apr 2016 #14
Because it happens in well June every two years nadinbrzezinski Apr 2016 #15
Oh ok. Thank you for the explanation. nolawarlock Apr 2016 #16
I actually have no problem at all with the Party funding their nominating contests... brooklynite Apr 2016 #25
How your club does it is your business nadinbrzezinski Apr 2016 #30
I think that's exactly the point. Smarmie Doofus Apr 2016 #7
K&R! Hi, Cheese. dchill Apr 2016 #9
.. Cheese Sandwich Apr 2016 #10
Hillary won the California Primary in 2008. So yeah. That history bell has been rung. LuvLoogie Apr 2016 #11
Jerry Brown voted Nader in 2000. Bernie has supported every Democratic nominee for 35 years. jfern Apr 2016 #19
CA Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom supports marijuana legalization. DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #21
Hillary won California in 2008. She'll no doubt win it agan too. nt BreakfastClub Apr 2016 #12
Bernie's got to fight for it. Joob Apr 2016 #22
If he wins California. That's by no means certain. MineralMan Apr 2016 #26
Bernie supporters in any state that has not voted already jwirr Apr 2016 #27
And since she already has it won, Californians can vote their conscience ieoeja Apr 2016 #29
i'm very progressive, very left, and support Hillary but i like Bernie MariaThinks Apr 2016 #32
+100,000 leftynyc Apr 2016 #38
it affects everything MariaThinks Apr 2016 #41
What about a Bernie loss in California? alcibiades_mystery Apr 2016 #39
Sigh. No harm in wishful thinking but this is as likely as Bernie's historic PA win last night. nt ucrdem Apr 2016 #40
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