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How Did The Democrats End Up With Such A Weak Candidate?
In the Democratic party the party elders, not the voters, choose the candidates
Looking at the diversity on the debate stages during the Democratic primaries this election cycle, I was so hopeful that a new, young, popular, energetic candidate would emerge who could easily defeat Trump and go on to lead the nation into the future.
Instead, we got an Old White Dude.
How did this happen? To answer that question, we have to go back into the past and look at how Democratic candidates have historically been chosen. The party has a system whereby candidates are ranked according to seniority. The one with the most seniority is the one who will run for president that election cycle. Everyone else has to wait their turn.
Just remember this when you are in the voting booth during a Democratic presidential primary. Your vote doesn’t really matter. The party elders have already anointed a winner. This system worked perfectly for decades.
Until Obama came along. 2008 was the year that Hillary was supposed to be elected as the first woman president. Her credentials were impeccable. She had experience both in the Senate and the White House when her husband was president…
