Robert Reich -- Hillary "cannot run on being the first woman to be president..."

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180. I was I guess interpreting what some people having "being equal" meaning they are Democrats...

... without further defining what kind of Democrats they are and what positions they take.

Many here only vote for people using Democrats as a criteria. For some of them they feel that candidates like Clinton, Warren are equal, and Sanders might also be equal if they are just looking at party affiliation.

In my book these candidates are all NOT equal, with Warren and Sanders being more similar in terms of being equal, with the positions and stances they take.

I will probably choose to vote for a Democrat though, until we have the wisdom to put in place something like instant runoff voting, where we won't be helping a Republican (lesser of two evils in some instances) win, by not voting for a Democrat in a race. Sanders knows this, which is why I don't think he'll run unless he does so as a Democrat in the primaries.

I really wish we could get enough Democrats putting in place something like Instant Runoff Voting, which may in a few instances help a very strong independent candidate win where they couldn't now, but in most cases will serve to keep mainstream candidates, especially Democrats, more honest in their serving the needs of their real voter constituents, and not just those that try to buy them with a lot of money, since it would be harder for special interests to "buy the field" with instant runoff voting in place than the way it is now.

I'd like to think that in the rare instances we get an independent over a Democrat winning office, that we'll still be better served then, but in most cases, it would help avoid any problems with spoilers keeping a solid majority of voters vote for stronger Democratic candidates that will campaign more directly to them.