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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Progressive Change Campaign Cmte wants your opinion on whether Hillary should face a primary
http://act.boldprogressives.org/survey/survey_2015_02_p1/
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The Progressive Change Campaign Cmte wants your opinion on whether Hillary should face a primary (Original Post)
Scuba
Mar 2015
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MineralMan
(146,333 posts)1. Of course she should.
Nobody's saying she shouldn't. The only question is who will run against her in the primaries.
There will be primary opponents.
TheBlackAdder
(28,222 posts)2. I say: YES
Having a primary is a way to engage and energize the base, while attrracting Independents and some swing voters.
Without a primary, only the Republicans will be on television and in the press, dwarfing any message of progressive thought or idea.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)3. Do they have an option for 'She shouldn't run'? nt
android fan
(214 posts)4. No...
and it felt like a push-poll survey to me...
LiberalAndProud
(12,799 posts)5. I credit the hard-fought primary with getting out the Democratic vote
in the general. Primaries are the seasoning of the candidate. Just because a politician has been through one already, there should be no bye granted. My opinion.