Bill Ritter is not going to run again for governor of Colorado. No big deal. Having a nominal Democrat in office is no more useful than having a Republican in office is harmful. Good bye, Bill.
Here’s a good Ritter story: In Colorado, in order to form a labor union, there must be two votes, and after threats and propaganda, the second vote seldom succeeds. Ritter ran on a promise that if elected, he would support efforts to eliminate that second vote, and to allow unions to form by mere assent of a majority of the workers in a workplace.
Ritter won, and the legislature passed the Labor Peace act, following through on their campaign promises.
Ritter vetoed it.
Here’s your hat, Bill. What’s your hurry?
Piece of Mindful 
The “nominal” Democrat theory keeps us from political-party failure and renewal, and real competition. It’s unnatural. Failed parties should die, like failed businesses, weak breeds, and terminally-diseased plants and animals. “Labor” pretends to represent workers. “Middle-class” workers pretend they aren’t workers. “Progressive” Democrats pretend to themselves their time will come. What keeps this fantasy alive?
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Ladybug,
Political power cannot allow unlimited access to legal violence.
If such allowance existed, everyone would be in direct (and wholly violent) competition for it, contradicting the premise of government (monopoly on violence).
Thus, all political action are acts of exclusion, not inclusion.
Therefore, we will always see humanity divided by politics if we continue to use government and legal violence as a tool to solve human problems.
All attempts to unify humanity into a family of brotherhood will not occur within a political philosophy (that is, by application of the monopoly on violence), but by free and voluntary action devoid of violence as a human tool.
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So in a self-perpetuating political system we need more representatives like Adam Clayton Powell (D-Harlem)? I think he once said something to the effect that “if elected I refuse to serve.” He probably never actually said that, but it was often repeated. Another popular media-myth to marginalize him, perhaps.
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Reminds me of Bill Buckley, who ran for mayor of New York. When asked what he would do if we won, he said he would demand a recount.
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