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stopdiggin

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1. hard to creditably talk about 'vetted' candidates , when 'Democratic party leadership'

Reply to 0rganism (Original post)

Fri Jun 5, 2026, 06:16 PM

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is openly under attack - and pointedly identified as 'the problem' from a lot of our membership. Yeah?

And, as example - 'party leadership' had little or nothing to do with the establishment of Platner's candidacy. Platner would be much more aptly described as 'insurgency'

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Thinking about the Platner candidacy, I'm... as a certain senator might say... "concerned" about the general election [View all] 0rganism Friday OP

hard to creditably talk about 'vetted' candidates , when 'Democratic party leadership' stopdiggin Friday #1

fair points, I think; what role do you see Democratic party leadership having for "insurgent" candidates? 0rganism Friday #2

Yeah, the Democratic Party could oldmanlynn Friday #4

I really don't. stopdiggin Friday #5

More democrats clutch their pearls and talk about this oldmanlynn Friday #3