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Related: About this forumInteresting message by Ellison
As soon as the convention was over. and it appeared that Walz would stay for the primaries, DFL chair, Martin, claimed that participating in the primaries is "running against the party."
So now Ellison, a party leader, is running against the endorsed candidate - Pelikan. Does this mean he is running against the party?
Does anyone care? Will anyone ask him?
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Interesting message by Ellison (Original Post)
question everything
Jun 2018
OP
What the hell else are primaries for, except for giving voters a chance
The Velveteen Ocelot
Jun 2018
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The Velveteen Ocelot
(122,649 posts)1. What the hell else are primaries for, except for giving voters a chance
to pick a candidate? Why do we have to get stuck with the party's endorsed candidate?
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)2. Amazing the reactions of
some people. Only thing I have to say is this,Minnesota has to have these Primaries earlier . Sorry I am not there to help you DFLers beat the crap out of the Quistians.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(122,649 posts)3. I agree, the primaries should have been done by now.
And to hell with the endorsement process, that's too much of the party apparatchiks trying to hang on.