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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Who should pick presidents? Party leadership or the people? [View all]reformist2
(9,841 posts)1. I always count who has the most endorsements and vote accordingly, dont you?
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Who should pick presidents? Party leadership or the people? [View all]
PoliticalMalcontent
Dec 2015
OP
Haha. No. But I believe it shows the party as unified with the goal of getting one person elected.
PoliticalMalcontent
Dec 2015
#3
Just got an email from Democracy for America - I voted in their online poll. For Bernie.
djean111
Dec 2015
#4
Living here in Florida, and seeing DWS back her GOP buddies has given me a pretty good idea
djean111
Dec 2015
#17
I have lived in fla all my live and DWS is not stopping any liberals from doing anything
FloridaBlues
Dec 2015
#28
So we're going with the "deny the premise" option. Very well. We'll discuss this again in Feb.
reformist2
Dec 2015
#16
I was under the impression we had Primary elections next year...were they cancelled?
brooklynite
Dec 2015
#12
My disappointment stems from so many endorsements coming before the first debate.
PoliticalMalcontent
Dec 2015
#15
Hmm... how could a US Senator know anything about another former US Senator and a former SOS???
brooklynite
Dec 2015
#18
Obviously the people and so the person who wins the most primaries and caucuses
book_worm
Dec 2015
#20
Does the lack of debates compared to 2008 concern you? It does me, regardless of choice of candidate
PoliticalMalcontent
Dec 2015
#22
First, the DNC committee and Chairperson should be selected by a Democrat and this has happened.
Thinkingabout
Dec 2015
#30
More debates is better on principle. I want people to be informed regardless of who they choose.
PoliticalMalcontent
Dec 2015
#32
Yes, some would like to see a Clown Car, I do not see any reason to compete with
Thinkingabout
Dec 2015
#35
You're right. We should just fall in line and vote Hillary because she was chosen by party leaders.
PoliticalMalcontent
Dec 2015
#36
No, she is running as a candidate in the DNC and if she gets the major amount of
Thinkingabout
Dec 2015
#43