Many see it as a question of continuing the status quo, under which they are barely getting by, or not even that. I don't see any of the three "still standing" Democratic candidates as being perfectly content with the status quo to the point that any of them would leave things as is. However, it is plain that many DO see it that way.

I NEVER deliberately read posts from GDP or any of the candidates' groups. However, I do often read threads on the home page, and as these are not designated as to which group they come from (might not be a bad idea, by the way), I never paid attention to which board they came from. This led me to being banned by some self-righteous clown from one group--I actually posted a reply to a post from the home page (horrors!). I'm sure that if I hadn't been paying attention since then, I'd have been banned from the other groups, too, sooner or later.

Having said that, I feel you are SO right about the "my way or no way" crowd. Enough people bought into the "no difference" lie in 2000 to give us John Ashcroft as Attorney General, Dick Cheney as de facto president, accelerated global warming, decelerated investment in renewable energy, the Iraq invasion, Roberts and Alito on the Supreme Court, and thus Citizens United. We would easily survive 8 years of Bernie as president (if you like Hillary). We would easily survive 8 years of Hillary as president (if you like Bernie). We would easily survive 8 years of O'Malley as president (if you don't like him). I don't want to contemplate 8 years of ANY of the passengers on the Republican clown car sitting in the Oval Office. Nothing is worth that. Nothing.

Bottom line, try to think who is going to do more for the American working families, a Democrat or Republican?

If this is a hard question to answer, try to remember how we have come under fire from the GOP since the Reagan administration. With the probable nomination of SC only one liberal judge replaced by the likes of Scalia, ACA would be gone, there would not be same sex marriage and probably have Wade vs Roe reversed. Who does this help, the GOP.

Status quo, we would be wanting the status quo if SC gets another Scalia, we need to be smart. I will be voting for the DNC nominee.

It especially bugs me when the privileged claim to stay home on behalf of the poor and the oppressed.

K&R

Because, if you're always playing defensively, you lose.

I keep coming to DU to read about ISSUES that affect us and get information and ideas from the usually bright folks who post here. Instead I see post after post after post about the evil Hillary and the awesome Bernie. I do like Bernie, and I like the issues he is raising. However, I'm with you. We need A DEMOCRAT IN THE WHITE HOUSE, A DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY IN THE SENATE, AND A DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE. Anyone who is too childish to get that must have been either drunk or high from 2001 to 2008.

My husband's home state of Wisconsin is in flaming ruins thanks to the Republicans and here in Ohio we are not far behind with Kasich at the helm directing public money to his private buddies and his super majority in the legislature making sure Ohio slides further back into a ditch. (Despite all Kasich spouts, Ohio is lagging far behind the of rest of country in the recovery of jobs.)

Because folks stayed home and pouted in 2000, we have Citizens United, which has changed the dynamics of elections everywhere. I am excited about Hillary, but if the nominee is Bernie or Martin O'Malley I won't care. I'll be out there busting tail to make sure that Dems up and down the ticket get elected. That is something every Democrat in this country needs to get behind.