Reply #25: She's a poster child for primary challenges

[Hippo_Tron]

I was all for anybody with a D after their name when we were in the minority because I believed then, and still do, that there are huge advantages that come with simply being the majority party and controlling the committees even if you can't get a lot of what you want done because you have no progressive majority. However, now that we're in the majority and the country has shifted drastically away from the Republican Party, we need to light some fire under these peoples' asses to actually vote like Democrats.

A primary challenge doesn't necessarily result in unseating the incumbent, either. It just has to coerce the incumbent into actually voting like a Democrat if they want to keep their seat.

Aaron Sorkin does a pretty good job of showing us how it's done.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXmRYJwK3wM