Would you support a progressive primary challenger to Hillary in 2012?

[ButterflyBlood]

Absolutely. We can do way better in a seat in New York.

[stray cat]

1. Are you kidding?

Shes my senator and I think she has done a great job for NY. All of New York taken in total is really pretty centrist so she is a good fit for the state as a whole.

[Drifter]

5. Like what ?

And I am not trying to start anything. This is a legitimate question, as I am also a NYer (albeit a western NYer), and I have not really been keeping score.

Cheers
Drifter

[ieoeja]

2. I doubt she'll run for re-election. n/t

[rodeodance]

19. nice--saying she will be elected in 08. but i do think she want the full 8 years

I doubt she'll run for re-election. n/t
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[LoZoccolo]

3. It depends on if they could win the general.

But if they can, then yes. Our candidates need to learn tough lessons about trying to hamstring apparent primary winners when they themselves are losing, because it's not nice.

[Mojambo]

4. I support progressive primary challengers for EVERY Democratic seat.

With a few exceptions.

[GumboYaYa]

18. Exactly right.

Primaries are often the only chance I get to vote for a candidate I truly agree with on most key issues.

[russian33]

6. isn't this a Democratic forum? to support DEMOCRATS?

why do we keep having this shit here? go to another board, progressiveunderground.com or something

[TooBigaTent]

14. So, you are saying that Democrats must not be challenged. Did that apply to Joe Lieberman?

[Alexander]

22. The OP said PRIMARY. As in "another Democrat".

Reading is fun.

[hfojvt]

7. Why not? I did in 2006 and in 2000, why should 2012 be any different? n/t

[Radical Activist]

8. She got less than 60% in the NY Presidential Primary.

I'd say that makes her vulnerable. But I don't see why she would run again. It was a stepping stone to the Presidency that she no longer needs.

[readmoreoften]

9. I did support a progressive primary challenger in NY and got berated for it here.

I never belittled Clinton; I only said that, while she was a good senator, I believed that Jonathan Tasini--a person whose conviction and commitment I had experienced personally, would be an amazing senator.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

10. It may not be Hillary's senate seat

She may be in the White House, and someone else in the Senate.

This is a good question AFTER she drops out of the prez race, or someone else is nominated.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

23. Spitzer will nominate RFK Jr when Hillary gets the nom

[HeraldSquare212]

11. I did in 2006, also.

The longer she stays in, the more likely it will be.

[skipos]

12. If she gets a challenger, will she ask to debate him once a week?

That is another question I'd like to know the answer to.

[northzax]

13. nah

I think supporting an insurgent candidate against your sitting President is really not helpful.


of course, I will support an insurgent progressive against Senator Obama in 2010. Out of Illinois, we should really be able to get someone who supports Universal Health Care, don't you tihnk?

[Jane Austin]

15. It's Chuck Schumer who needs a strong challenger.

I'm sick of him interfering with local primaries.

He muscled out the better candidate for Senate in KY. Now we have a candidate who's just as corrupt as most Republicans - or so my friends in KY tell me.

[Mojambo]

25. Agreed completely. n/t

[RunningFromCongress]

16. No. I voted for Obama in the primary, but Hillary does good work for NY as Senator

[COFoothills]

17. No way...

...regardless of how you feel about her as a presidential candidate or the campaign she has run, she has been a very effective Senator.

I disagree with her on her vote on the war, and I wish she would show a higher level of remorse for it. However, if you look at her entire body of work in the Senate she's been pretty solid.

[quakerboy]

20. With no malice towards Clinton

I would support a progressive challenger to anyone. Anyone. Clinton. Obama. Anyone. I likes me some progressives, and the primary is the place to get this stuff out, even if it does no more than push the incumbants a little in the right direction

[Independent-Voter]

21. With her bullshit this election year. that senate seat is going to be getting awfully warm

She's never faced a real opponent for that NY seat.

[jefferson_dem]

24. No.

Even though I don't support her for president, we share many of the same policy objectives and I totally admire her tenacity and determination. In fact, she would seem to be well-suited for the Senate Majority Leader. Out with Harry. In with Hillary!