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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
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In reply to the discussion: Sanders Criticizes California for Denying Independent Voters the Right to Vote (??) [View all]Fresh_Start
(11,336 posts)46. "I welcome their hatred" not as words to live by, but as a cautionary tale of progressive
Rather, Roosevelts turn toward vilification at the close of the 1936 campaign marked the beginning of the end of the New Deal period, when excessive hubris and a diminished appetite for compromise led him to politically disastrous decisions that drove the conservative wing of the Democratic Party into the arms of obstructionist Republicans. Sanders and Warren should look to I welcome their hatred not as words to live by, but as a cautionary tale of progressive overreachhttps://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/11/01/elizabeth-warren-bernie-sanders-fdr-229893
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Sanders Criticizes California for Denying Independent Voters the Right to Vote (??) [View all]
TomCADem
Mar 2020
OP
Are they allowed to change party affiliation so that can vote in the democratic primary?
33taw
Mar 2020
#2
Exactly, and spewing misinformation and falsehoods about denying independents from voting in the
still_one
Mar 2020
#52
I am not in favor of switching parties the day of the primary, but this issue seems a non-issue.
33taw
Mar 2020
#10
I think that he is setting up a strawhorse in case things don't go well for him in Cali.
Blue_true
Mar 2020
#23
The switch only covers NPP and only the Democratic Party allows it of the two majors. nt
Blue_true
Mar 2020
#22
you can change party registration on election day and get the other party ballot
Fresh_Start
Mar 2020
#26
"I welcome their hatred" not as words to live by, but as a cautionary tale of progressive
Fresh_Start
Mar 2020
#46
Someone answered one of my posts, the California Democratic Party is allowing NPP
Blue_true
Mar 2020
#20
Interestingly the article as a whole seems quite supportive of Bernie's position ... (nt)
mr_lebowski
Mar 2020
#36