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Populist Reform of the Democratic Party
In reply to the discussion: Democrats Scrap Primary System, Appoint Hillary Clinton as Nominee [View all]merrily
(45,251 posts)29. When we post implying that the idea was to spare Hillary a challenge from the left by avoiding a
primary, we often get mocked and called conspiracy theorists. By a certain group within DU, anyway.
When I took over the [Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee] in 2005, we instituted a new policy, we tried to avoid primaries, because primaries are really a killer, Schumer said Thursday at The Atlantics Washington Ideas Forum.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/11/chuck-schumer-elizabeth-warren-2016-elections-99869.html#ixzz3TAVO0MoF
Yet, everyone said in 2008 that a long, hard fought primary benefited Obama and the Party (and probably Hillary, too).
When statements made at different times contradict each other, which statements do you believe?
And primaries are supposedly the one time that rank and file Democrats get to weigh in, even though, since Mondale, they've had to make sure they outweighed Super Delegates when a Presidential is involved.
That link is a great find, Manny.Explains some of the posts I've been seeing at DU for months, too, though I have to say, I've known the two were connected.
I just might make that link my signature line soon. (My current sig seems to be getting more irrelevant with each passing day.) At a minimum, it's worth bookmarking.
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Democrats Scrap Primary System, Appoint Hillary Clinton as Nominee [View all]
whereisjustice
Feb 2015
OP
"Wall Street will take all our wealth for our own benefit and dole out what we need to survive"
whereisjustice
Mar 2015
#22
When we post implying that the idea was to spare Hillary a challenge from the left by avoiding a
merrily
Mar 2015
#29
And this... she loves an establishment man, too bad Nixon isn't still around to get a hug from her
whereisjustice
Mar 2015
#21
The Democratic Party has become a theater of the absurd, these are serious times
whereisjustice
Mar 2015
#20
I don't get it. The choice is obvious the fox isn't as bad as the Republicon. nm
rhett o rick
Mar 2015
#26