Gun Control & RKBA

Democrat or not, if I believe a candidate is unqualified or otherwise awful, I need not vote for him or her at all. That certainly does not mean I must vote for the Republican candidate.

Besides voting against Harris in the Senate primary, a Democrat could simply choose to stay home rather than vote in the election or write-in the name of someone else.

Simply, every candidate must earn my vote, and not take mine or anyone else's for granted. I'm a lifelong registered Democrat and generally vote the party line because I like and agree with our candidates. However, the onus is always on the candidate to demonstrate their value to me. When our Party and candidates fail to do so and simply expect Democrats to act like dutiful automatons, we have situations like Martha Coakley in Massachusetts, a two-time statewide loser who went on vacation rather than campaign against Scott Brown.