To: Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Let Montanans Choose Our US Senate Nominee
Montana Democrats should decide our Senate nominee, not Washington, D.C., party bosses.
We believe the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) should abide by the Montana Democratic Party's ban on party intervention in the primary.
Why is this important?
Philosophically, it makes no sense for political parties to boss political primaries.
But the objection is not just philosophical, it is pragmatic: DC usually backs the wrong candidate.
Here in Montana, our state party rules ban intervention in primaries. We let the voters decide and it is a smart policy.
But the Washington, DC based Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) is trying to boss our 2014 senate nomination. The Senate Majority Leader even tried to prevent voters from even having a choice.
Adding insult to injury, new Public Policy Polling results show the candidate the DSCC is backing has *worse* poll numbers for the general election, in a race that could decide control of the US senate.
Washington, DC wants somebody who won't rock the boat. Washington, DC wants somebody who won't mention "single-payer" and talk about health care as a fundamental right. Washington, DC wants somebody who won't mention "Snowden" and talk about the need to restore the Fourth Amendment. Washington, DC wants somebody who will follow orders, not fight to fix the filibuster.
Montana voters deserve a choice. And Montana Democrats should be the only ones deciding who will represent us in the November general election.