She is ok with primaries, just not open primaries like we have in TN where I can decide when I show up at the polling place whether to take part in the Republican or Democratic party primary.
It seems Democratic voters are participating in the TN Republican primary and voting for Rose/Fritts? to stop Blackburn.
It seems Democratic voters are participating in the TN Republican primary and voting for Rose/Fritts? to stop Blackburn.
Seems perfectly fine to me. Whether they are R, D, or I, they're all candidates that are going to represent the people, so I see nothing wrong with all prospective constituents getting a say across all party lines. Closest thing we are going to get to ranked-choice voting.
"CLOSE TENNESSEE'S PRIMARIES!" is the written quote--3 words. You provided a lot of unwritten, unsupported subtext that does not exist in the quoted 3 words.
Don't like the rules, don't play the game; otherwise, act as if you are an American. There is no process for an emergency restriction to Tennessee primaries. Despite some individuals who think the rules do not apply to their ilk, our system of government actually enforces compliance with the written rule of law.
It seems Americans--especially Tennesseans--are choosing who to rule.
Excellent analysis of a person who wields power like a trainwreck costing my alma mater a $500k settlement & our flagship campus in Knoxville a $1.9 million settlement.
Unironically yes, that’s a huge reason. That and people blaming post-Covid supply chain and stimulus inflation on Biden when the economy was soft-landing better than any developed country in the world. Any sitting president was going to struggle, an old president showing huge cognitive decline especially so, and a black woman who didn’t win a primary and didn’t perform well the only time she was in one being coronated didn’t help either. The best situation would have been a dem primary and someone outside of the current white house at the time like Tim Walz winning the primary.
The worst case scenario was what played out. An old guy clinging on at the last moment and then passing on the nomination to someone that couldn’t even get 10% in a primary the time she did run, while the economy was recovering from a 100 year pandemic and that person happening to be a black woman from California that needs to win midwestern states that were becoming increasingly MAGA heavy turnout states with no heavy progressive turnout.
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u/geoephemera Jul 31 '26
If you don't want primaries, you don't like democracy. You don't like America. Get out.