We Democrats could have beaten the rich rat bastard alien last night

[steve2470]

The Democratic turnout was sub-optimal. The Republican turnout seemed on par for a mid-term election or perhaps above.

My OP from last night: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025760706

Party registration stats: http://election.dos.state.fl.us/nvra/affiliation.asp

The Democratic Party is naturally the party of the PEOPLE. That means, we should be winning elections. It's an old story, the Republicans manage to get their people to vote via church, media propaganda, etc and we have to have a "rock star" candidate like President Obama to get ours to vote. For Christ's sake, MMJ was on the ballot, which should have brought out younger voters (largely Democratic) in droves.

Yes, I'm frustrated.

[Dawson Leery]

1. kick

[HooptieWagon]

2. Run a republican-lite against a republican...

And the republican wins every time. You would think the State Party would have learned this by now, so its logical to conclude its intended. Got to keep the corporate masters happy.
Scott is the most unpopular Gov I've ever seen, and Charlie Crist is the best Dems could come up with? How about Buddy Dyer? Pam Iorio? Give us a goddam candidate we're excited about supporting and voting for, and the voters will show up.

[steve2470]

3. can't disagree with you nt

[kdmorris]

4. Yep This ^^^ n/t

[Freddie Stubbs]

5. He was the best candidate who was willing to run

I think that a lot of them were intimidated by Scott's bank account and how he used it in 2010.

[Ineeda]

6. And the contributions will increase, too.

2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns proved that. Call me naive but I still can hope that grass roots can beat Kochs every time.