Governor Inslee,

One of the most insidious memes running through this primary has been one that "white votes" don't matter, or more specifically white male votes, or that they matter less than others, according to supporters of the Hillary campaign. A companion meme is that progressive votes don't matter.

There are many reasons why this "votes don't matter" thesis is flawed. I'm going to present some facts that demonstrate, whatever one's reasons or desires, the notion that "white votes don't matter or aren't as important" is empirically false. Then I'm going to present an argument why the meme is dangerous for any coalition on the American left to internalize.

I just returned from my Eastern Washington Caucus, to find a bunch of comments over at KOS derailing the caucus process.

This banned KOS-"bernie zombie" now-lurker unsurprisingly disagrees...

Is there anything more democratic than this? :

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First of all, let me introduce myself as a recent DailyClinton refugee.
While I greatly regret abandoning many friends and people I respect, I can no longer tolerate the behavior and abuse that I have received there. The verbal climate here is much more acceptable and many of the names here I recognize as people I have both agreed and disagreed with over the years. IIRC almost always repectfully.
With that said, I feel comfortable submitting my first essay here.

like history - and the history of polling in particular.  It's an odd field - not many worry about getting all of the 1984 Wisconsin Primary polls.

But you find out stuff - stuff no one else really gets. So I was plowing through the recent national numbers: and was actually pretty stunned.  

Hillary's numbers on average are actually getting worse - the numbers in this chart are new lows.  But Cruz is every bit as hated.  And Trump.

Watching the Primaries unfold, the candidacy of Senator Bernie Sanders unarguably benefits from new media's ability to subvert the narrative being pushed by the corporate news machine. Where would such a campaign be without The Young Turks, Thom Hartman, Daily Kos (sans Markos) and Social Media?

My partner and I took turns poll watching today. It was interesting, but got more and more depressing as the day went on. First, a little Arizona history.

What a great line and one that we have forgotten about over time. In light of the terrible terrorist’s attack today, we need to embrace this line and think about how “FEAR” is being used against us every day. To me when you let fear overwhelm you and limit your actions then “FEAR” has won. Life should not be feared and you need to embrace and live well every day.

I decided that I'm going to do an essay about things that STILL bug the hell out of me. These have been "Settled" for a long time among my political circles, but they're things that every time I think of them, make me go "There's something WRONG here." I bring this up because there are a lot of accusations of Conspiracy Theory brought up when even the hint of questioning the official story comes up.

Tired of being forced to choose between the lesser of two evils?

Stop.

Instead of waiting for candidates whose ideology aligns with our own, let's reverse the process. It's time voters make clear where they stand, and that any candidate who hopes to win their votes and gain office must meet them on their ground.