Too late to edit. I don’t understand why they aren’t going for it. It would seem to me that the Democrats are going to vote for any person with a D next to their name. The republican voter will always go the other way. The independent voter is in play. But most wont vote for someone spineless.
This is basic human nature. We admire people who stand for something, who have the courage of their convictions. We don’t tend to admire people who are always waffling about what they’re for and what they’re against.
Not to mention, if you have a clear message or set of values that you stand for, you’ve got a chance to win people over to your message. It’s hard to do that if you don’t have one, and people aren’t going to listen to you anyway.
Even centrist Dems have to stand for something, amirite?
You’ve got to stand for something, or you’ll fall for anything. Anonymous