Democrats Shoot Their Own, Too
I should note that my primary reason for leaving the Democratic Party was that my wing — the progressive wing — is always getting beaten up by the centrists. Thanks to Dennis Kobray on the Green_All_Views (Yahoogroups) Listserv for pointing out this article.

Party leaders, including Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) recently pressured Cindy Sheehan not to mount a primary campaign against California Senator Diane Feinstein, a woman who has betrayed party principles, such as they are, at almost every turn and deserves to go down to defeat. (It was only after Sheehan said she was considering a primary fight that Feinstein announced she would support a filibuster on Alito.) Now they’ve killed the campaign of Paul Hackett, an Iraq War vet and sharp critic of the war and the president and a candidate who had a strong shot at snatching a Senate seat for the Democrats this fall in Ohio.

http://www.counterpunch.org/lindorff02152006.html