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murielm99

(31,636 posts)
19. Primary season could have been a bloodbath with this system.
Thu Dec 29, 2011, 01:48 PM
Dec 2011

I don't imagine this time around will be bad for Democrats. Some of us are disappointed in Obama, but I really, really doubt that he will be primaried. It would be suicidal and stupid. He should be the nominee, with no challengers. He is the President, warts and all.

But I can't imagine what this system would have been like during the last primary. Surely I, and many other Hillary supporters, would have been banned. We were treated badly by DU as it was. I think there are too many novices here who do not understand how politics works. That is why some of them are so viscerally disillusioned with Obama right now.

I wonder how things will go in some of the state groups, as politics, recalls and primaries heat up. So far, things have been okay. But those groups could be ripe pickings for trolls and authoritarian hosts in the near future. I haven't been to the Iowa group lately. I should go see how they are doing. I like that group of people. Also, since I am only forty miles or so from Iowa, I get their TV stations for ads and news. It is getting interesting. My daughter was a caucus leader when she went to Iowa State. I learned so much from her! Wisconsin has been hot for a long time, but the recalls are approaching. We need open discussion and mutual respect there, too. I get the Wisconsin TV stations, too, since I am even closer to that state border. I can check in on two key states during the next crucial political period.

I may have to join facebook, so I can find you guys. I know how to contact Ric, but not the rest of you.

Stay sane, friends.

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