I have a favorite candidate..but that does not mean I don't listen to what others have to say

[Peacetrain]

That is just cutting your nose off to spite your face.. We all have a favorite..that is where we get our energy to get out and make calls etc for a candidate.. or get an office together for a primary... (anyone who has ever been through that knows exactly what I am talking about) hosts volunteers etc..

Don't get so bristly that you cannot come back from who you support at this point.. believe me I know.. it took a while for me to reassess last time when my first choice did not make it..its human nature.. and politics

[Merlot]

1. Agreed. And even though I have a favorite, it's early

Mistakes will be made. New ideas and platforms will be introduced. I'm still open to persuasion.

[Peacetrain]

2. Exactly!... this is just the start..

I am all for asking questions, even ones that seem uncomfortable, or in some cases unfair..because that is exactly what will happen in the general.. if they can't take it from us.. they will fold under the withering lying of the right..and who knows .. there maybe things that come out on any of the people running that will impact my final vote..

[OregonBlue]

3. Amen. I was leaning Brown. So much for that.

[Peacetrain]

4. I know.. that was so disappointing.. I was hoping he would hop in..

I like Sherrod Brown.. He has a very important role to play.. we have not heard the last from him..

[JaneQPublic]

5. Just keep in mind...

...TRUMP REALLY CAN GET RE-ELECTED.

He still has an unshakable core of MAGAts and Putin who desperately want him to have a second term.

In 2020, we need to succeed like we did in the Blue Wave of 2018, only X 10.

This is far too important for petty intramural squabbles.

[Peacetrain]

6. Amen to that!!

[MH1]

8. Exactly. Electoral College

is still in force.

Means a Wisconsin vote counts 3x a California vote.

Don't believe polls. We have to slam the door on the repubs in the key electoral college swing states. (unlike 2016)

Means we also have to have a candidate who appeals to at least a few people who we personally would not care to have a beer with.

[kcr]

7. Well and good, but I have noticed a lot of DUers making postitve comments

in threads about candidates while their primary forum sigs sport another candidate. DU admin adding that for this primary season was a great idea. It's early but so far this forum has been a million times more civil than any other primary season has ever been on DU.