2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Wasserman Schultz poised to beat Sanders-backed challenger [View all]Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)If HRC wins(as she almost certainly will), HRC will appoint her to some position(hopefully not drug czar) and there will have to be a special election to fill the seat anyway.
Given that, is there really any point to re-nominating DWS?
It's not "hatred"...it's about legitimate disagreements with DWS over the unnecessarily right-wing positions she takes on many major issues(most of them, in fact, other than guns and choice...not that those aren't important, but they aren't worth conservatism on other major issues). Also, she has hurt the Democratic Party in Florida by refusing to campaign for the Democratic candidates in winnable seats currently held by Republicans.
And I support Tim Canova for positive reasons...because I think he is much more progressive, because it is a way to carry forward the values Sanders people fought for and still fight for(I assume you'll accept that as a legitimate objective), and because, for myself, I find it a wonderfully good sign to see a progressive politician of Cuban exile ancestry rising in Florida politics. It's a wonderful thing when someone like that emerges from any historically right wing community(As a person whose family moved from Tennessee to Oregon in 1914, I'd say the same thing about progressive white Southern politicians if they started appearing in any significant numbers).
So you've got me wrong. I support HRC AND I support Tim. A lot of people can say the same.