I'm not really seeing the problem here.

The state parties are not government. They are parties, with their duly appointed leadership and processes. I'm not particularly sympathetic to people who both...

A. Run as member of a party, and...

B. Don't try to either ingratiate themselves with the party and/or take the whole fucking thing over.

I have a great deal of respect for people who DO try to storm the gates and take a state party over. I've seen it happen before, with the Paulites in Iowa. It's beautiful when it happens.

Robby Starbuck strikes me as someone who's too lazy and impatient to build a coalition, and too much of an idealistic outsider to play with the team he has to work with today.

I'm not really seeing the problem here.

The state parties are not government. They are parties, with their duly appointed leadership and processes. I'm not particularly sympathetic to people who both...

A. Run as member of a party, and...

B. Don't try to either ingratiate themselves with the party and/or take the whole fucking thing over.

I have a great deal of respect for people who DO try to storm the gates and take a state party over. I've seen it happen before, with the Paulites in Iowa. It's beautiful when it happens.

Robby Starbuck strikes me as someone who's too lazy to build a coalition, and too much of an idealistic outsider to play with the team he has to work with today.

I'm not really seeing the problem here.

The state parties are not government. They are parties, with their duly appointed leadership and processes. I'm not particularly sympathetic to people who both...

A. Run as member of a party, and...

B. Don't try to either ingratiate themselves with the party and/or take the whole fucking thing over.

I have a great deal of respect for people who DO try to storm the gates and take a state party over. I've seen it happen before, with the Paulites in Iowa. It's beautiful when it happens.

Robby Starbuck strikes me as someone who's too lazy to build a coalition, and too much of an idealistic outsider to be a team player.

I'm not really seeing the problem here.

The state parties are not government. They are parties, with their duly appointed leadership and processes. I'm not particularly sympathetic to people who both...

A. Run as member of a party, and...

B. Don't try to either ingratiate themselves with the party and/or take the whole fucking thing over.

I have a great deal of respect for people who DO try to storm the gates and take a state party over. I've seen it happen before, with the Paulites in Iowa. It's beautiful when it happens.