Reply #34: The only one I know of is Maxine Waters. [View All]

As to your other question, I think part of the problem now is that there is such a strong desire to get control of Congress that many Democrats, including many here are all for voting for the "D" regardless of how Conservative the candidate might be. I can understand that in the sense that until we are in control we really don't have any power. The opportunity in CT is a unique one. It is the real opportunity to get rid of a bad Democrat and replace him with a good one. But in many places the choice is between a bad Democrat or a Republican. So what is a voter to do? If you vote for a third party candidate then you enable the Republicans. So it seems that at least for now many voters see no other option than voting for the bad Democrat. And of course bad Democrats know this. In a way the fact that the Republicans are in charge is good for DLC Democrats because they know the voter will vote for them rather than the Republican so they don't really have any motivation to listen to what voters want. We need more opportunities like the one in CT. I hope there are more like this in other States and that if Lamont wins it will encourage more people like Lamont to run and voters to have hope that they don't have to settle for Democrats who frequently let them down.