Dear California Progressive Caucus: Look before you leap

by Karoli on August 2, 2011 · 2 comments

Whereas the Progressive Caucus of the California Democratic Party is committed to the understanding that an interest in a 2012 Democratic Presidential Primary challenge will not interfere with President Obama’s ability to govern, nor limit his ability to do so in ways that include invoking Constitutional options, we recognize that a Primary challenge will, in fact raise debate on important issues without risking the ability to mobilize and energize the base of the Democratic Party to elect a triumphant leader to counter the far-right agenda.

via Progressive Caucus Encourages Primary Challenge | LA Progressive.

If you’re wrong about this, you risk handing this country over to the right wing. You’d better be damn sure you know what you’re doing. I’m certainly not sure you are. But hey, it’s a free country. sort of.

Just stay away from sentiments like this:

  • http://znmeb.myopenid.com/ M. Edward (Ed) Borasky

    Yeah, I saw that. Pretty sad. I blocked their sorry Twitter hineys, of course. I just wish the labor unions would tell @RBReich and @NYTimesKrugman to STFU.

  • Anonymous

    Hmmm….yep, primary challenges work so well, like they did in 1980.

     Oh wait–Carter lost.

    1968, 1980, 2000, 2010….when will we learn that a primary challenge against a Democratic President or a “sitting it out to send a message!” bit of behavior simply does not work–and it ends up putting the Republicans back into power?

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