PRIMARY ELECTION: GET RID OF BAD DEMOCRATS
GENERAL ELECTION: GET RID OF ALL REPUBLICANS

I'm not advocating that anyone has to support a democratic candidate they don't like back in the primary. If you don't like your representation and they are a democrat then find a candidate to run against him/her. But when the primaries are overwith and your state/district has spoken then it's time to get on board and support the party.

We don't have the luxury of keep giving the republicans control. Some people on DU thinks that's a strategy. It's the "I'll teach them a lesson and not vote for the democrat" and thus enabling republicans to win. Guess what - I know I'm sick and tired of that strategy and so is the vast majority of DU. It's not done shit except get our country in the biggest quagmire since the Civil War.

Here's a concept. In November if you don't like the democratic candidate you're voting for then think of the democrats you are supporting by 'pulling that lever'. I'm not the keenest person on Tom Carper, my DLC democrat here in Delaware, but when I vote for him, I'm voting for Harry Reid, Russ Feingold, Barbara Boxer, John Kerry, Ted Kennedy, Barack Obama and a host of other progressive democrats who are fighting for change in the senate. Many of them will have committee chair seats that could help get this country turned around. And by voting for Tom Carper I'm sending a big message that I want our Judiciary Committee to protect our courts from activist judges - something they did quite sucessfully in 2001-2 when we had the slim majority. Our Judiciary committee united together to stop almost 10 extremist judges from making the floor for vote and thus preventing us the hassle of a filibuster.

So please, remember the motto:

PRIMARY ELECTION: GET RID OF BAD DEMOCRATS
GENERAL ELECTION: GET RID OF ALL REPUBLICANS

When we start getting a majority in control then we can clean house - but right now we do NOT have the luxury.

And one last note on Tom Carper. I'll vote for him for one main reason - I've lived in Pennsylvania and suffered with Rick Santorum. After you've had someone as horrible as Santorum it all goes uphill.