>>>>> "EY" == Eva Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
AD> Andy Driscoll writes:
AD> The DFL is long overdue for instituting multiple endorsements
AD> when a single endorsement would be divisive, and relying on
AD> the primary to sort out which candidate DFL voters and not
AD> just delegates prefer to see win.
AD> The party has lost so many elections over its stubborn refusal
AD> to move to multiple endorsements of qualified contenders,
AD> especially in partisan races, but at all levels, as well as
AD> its insistence that candidates pledge to "abide" by the
AD> convention's single and divisive endorsement, it's become
AD> ridiculous. It's masochistic in its result. And sad.
EY> EY: This would make sense especially for city races. The City
EY> DFL for Minneapolis and St Paul will end up doing in much of
EY> the good will built up about Democrats from the elections last
EY> year.
OK, I can see why not managing to come up with an endorsement would be
a bad thing, but if you're going to endorse more than one candidate,
why bother? Is party discipline worth nothing? Compare the success
at the federal level of the Republican party. They've gotten to the
top and stayed there by party discipline. If you buck the party, they
kick your butt. Why would becoming less disciplined be a good thing
for a poitical party to do?
--
Robert P. Goldman
ECCO
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