So long as there’s a proper primary I don’t see the harm in this, not really. I can’t see her running a good enough campaign to make it through the primaries, at least not without also having a good enough campaign to beat the fascist party after Trump.

the key here is “proper primary.” I can’t remember a time when they’ve had one that wasn’t fucked up in some way.

2024 was the only year recently we didn’t have a primary.

neat. i have been voting for longer than that. there have been years where there was only one person on the primary, which efficiently means “primary votes are cancelled” - when the dnc say they want the incumbent.

that is a de facto cancellation. telling the people who could vote that they are ignored.

my point stands: the dem side needs to do a better job.

I’ve been voting since I was 18 and I’ve never seen that in the past 16 years.

yeah. see. i disagree that incumbents should be given anything. earn it. primary every time.

i have been voting since 1997.

I agree with you, but as devil’s advocate, why would a political party vie against itself for a seat it already holds. At best, it would only slightly sully the incumbent’s name. Take Biden for example: either he’s doing a good job, or he needs to be replaced because he’s not doing a good enough job.