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bluescribbler

(2,257 posts)
Tue Mar 31, 2020, 08:45 AM Mar 2020

Massachusetts Democrats cancel state convention

They had already suspended caucuses for the cities and towns which had not yet caucused. (My city did hold caucuses before the pandemic hit in force.) Mass has only one statewide election this year, for US Senate. Rep. Joe Kennedy III is challenging Sen. Ed Markey. The campaigns agreed that since the Senator had already won more delegates and the Cong. had passed the 15% threshold, Markey has won the party's endorsement and Kennedy will be on the primary ballot in September.
I do feel badly for the delegates who were elected for the first time and were excited to be attending their first convention, but I feel that the party has done the right thing, and has made the best possible decision given the circumstances in which we find ourselves.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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Massachusetts Democrats cancel state convention (Original Post) bluescribbler Mar 2020 OP
Poor delegates, I'd be so disappointed, but definitely the right thing. Hortensis Mar 2020 #1
I'm sure our conventions will be cancelled or done online somehow. George II Mar 2020 #2
Sounds great HarlanPepper Mar 2020 #3
 

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
1. Poor delegates, I'd be so disappointed, but definitely the right thing.
Tue Mar 31, 2020, 08:50 AM
Mar 2020

As for the rest, we're going to learn a lot from the pandemic election, and the shaking up it requires, and inevitably some of it is going to be to the good.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

George II

(67,782 posts)
2. I'm sure our conventions will be cancelled or done online somehow.
Tue Mar 31, 2020, 09:19 AM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

HarlanPepper

(2,042 posts)
3. Sounds great
Tue Mar 31, 2020, 11:24 AM
Mar 2020

If for no other reason than it would deny the inevitable sour grapes disrupters a platform. I’m actively hoping the convention is altered solely for that reason.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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