Democratic Primaries

is they tend to look to a president as some sort of savior. An all powerful being who is going to inspire them and transform their world, rather than look for a competent, experienced leader, who they might not fall in love with. I often hear people refer to a popular politician as the "next FDR" or the "next Bobby Kennedy", but there was only one FDR or RFK and they were leaders for their time, not this time.

For too many elections, Democratic voters focused mostly at the top of the ticket, often overlooking down ballot races and frequently skipping the mid-term elections. Its great to be inspired and motivated, but without a pragmatic and realistic approach, we can't see real progressive change. No president can do it alone, unless he/she is a monarch or a dictator.

I can say all this as when I was younger, I also looked for a president to fall in love with, not understanding the complexities of government and politics.