2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Poll: Now that we have the nominee should Skinner call it? [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)now that he's tried for the brass ring under our banner.
If he goes back to (I), I think the Democratic party should consider reviewing their eligibility rules. There are a variety of independent parties that are incorporated, and people who don't want to identify as Dems should try to grow one of those organizations rather than try to co-opt/hijack ours. People claim to want a multi-party system? Get to work and grow some.
And this over-use of the word "smear" needs to cease. It is not a "smear" to notice that a guy who mocked and insulted the Democratic party in the past coughed, hemmed and hawed as he finally admitted he was "running as a Democrat." Not "I am a Democrat" but "running as" one--sort of like "I'm not a doctor, but I play one on TV."
There's a degree of separation there. I don't think the DNC should do that again.