In competitive races, Democrats need to select the best possible candidate
Thank you for this sage advice; here I was going to select the worst possible candidate in every race.
I'm sure you wouldn't Gabu - nor would I - but plenty of Democrats have done, do and will continue to do so. Unfortunately
Dave
Well, the problem is not that people purposely support the worst candidate, but that there's a lot of debate over who the "best" candidate is. It's not exactly a scientific thing than is very well-defined.
That it isn't but many Democrats are not immune from cutting off their noses to spite their face, which goes to someway to explaining why the party's in now in minority status and has lost 7 of the last 10 presidential elections. I'm more of a pragmatist than an ideological purist
I'd support a centrist to moderate conservative Democrat running in a GOP-held state or district if I thought they were the best chance of a pick-up. That said, I certainly wouldn't advocate selecting candidates who would "out-conservatise" the GOP candidate
The Democratic Party was at its strongest when it was a "big tent" party, but it lost much of its support in recent years for many reasons. And the party needs to win back some of that support, if it is even to hope to regain its majority status
Dave