Everybody needs to take a step back from the edge..

[Peacetrain]

This is the primary/caucus season..

I just did a quick look at a threads in here, and there is a lot calling out of candidates for their past positions and not where they stand currently..

Folks you better pull your pants up and see all of them have changed positions on things like gay marriage, guns, policing,.. etc..

Some are sitting there pointing out how much the other side stinks while not noticing their side is pretty aromatic, and it t does nothing but have everyone go in circles.

Where do the candidates stand now.. what are their ideas to get things done.. and judge them on that and the viability of their plans of action..

And they are all going to have to compromise.... just a fact

[liberal_at_heart]

1. Past and present voting records mean a lot to me because it tells me how much

I can trust a candidate. Too many times a candidate will say one thing during the campaign and do a completely different thing when elected.

[jeff47]

2. Past is how you tell if their present positions are truthful, or bullshit to get elected.

And they are all going to have to compromise.... just a fact

That does not require them to start with a compromise, and then negotiate from that compromise.

[GeorgeGist]

3. When I hire people ...

I usually pay most attention to WHAT THEY'VE DONE and less to what they say they will do.

[one_voice]

4. I was thinking the same thing...

25 years ago is a long time. My youngest child wasn't even born yet. To say I've changed a lot is and understatement. My husband was a staunch Republican at the time, he's a freakin' liberal now.

Elizabeth Warren was a Republican, yet look at her now. I'd vote for her in a hot minute.

We have posters here that considered great Liberals that are admitted past Republicans.

We grow and learn as people. That's what I want to see; someone that's able to grow and learn. Not someone that stays stuck in their stuffy positions like the pukes do. If you're lucky enough to have gotten it right from the start, well good on you. Those that didn't but lived, learned and LISTENED, good on them too. That means they're not afraid of change.

my opinion only.

[magical thyme]

5. actions speak louder than words.

Where they were in the past -- and why they were there -- strikes me as more reliable than what they say in the heat of the campaign when they're trying to get my vote.