It's so fucking stupid to say you're not going to vote for xxx candidate if they win the nomination.

[markpkessinger]

10. How many people here are actually saying they won't vote for xyz nominee?

Look, I see lots of folks supporting Sanders, lots of folks supporting Hillary, and also folks supporting O'Malley. But I have yet to see anyone actually state that they will refuse to vote for any one of them, should that candidate turn out to be the nominee. I personally hope Sanders wins the nomination. But hey, I've been around long enough to be fully aware, thank you, that elections come down to choices, and that sometimes, the choices aren't necessarily the ones I would prefer to have. And yes, in all likelihood, I will wind up supporting whoever is the Democratic nominee. But this is primary season, and if it's all the same to you, I'm not quite ready to telegraph my unqualified support for candidates I'm hoping I don't have to cast a vote for. Sorry, but I don't want any of the other candidates thinking my vot3e is something they can automatically take for granted. I think many progressives feel the same way.

It is unbelievably arrogant and condescending, when we are still so early in the primary season, for supporters of Candidate X (whom many regard as the presumptive nominee) telling supporters of Candidate Y or Candidate Z that they owe some advance pledge of support for Candidate X. If and when Candidate X wins the nomination, then we'll talk about rallying behind Candidate X, But demanding that kind of advance pledge of support at this stage in an an election cyele is wholly and utterly inappropriate.