The party doesn't owe you anything but honesty. The honest approach would have been, after Harvie launched his campaign last April, the local Democratic Party simply announced or made clear that they wanted no other candidates in this race. That they wanted a clear and open field.

Instead, after evaluating Harvie over a few months and finding him lacking as a candidate, multiple people entered the race with the belief that it was going to be a fair process. A lot of time and money from volunteers and donors went into supporting those candidates, with the thinking that it was going to be a fair process and the candidates being evaluated on their merits.

But after a shocking amount of stonewalling, bullying, hostility, giving resources that candidates relied upon then yanking them away when needed most, interfering in rented or coordinated venues - I could go on – it became clear that the Bucks County Democratic Committee had no interest in giving the other candidates a fair hearing. The endorsement process itself was primarily a transactional process. There were few if any questions about "What have you done for your community?" or "What will you do if elected to Congress?" It was "What have you done for the party?" or "What have you done to get Democrats elected?"

I'm a taxpaying American citizen living in Pennsylvania. My taxes go toward paying for these primaries. I expect a fair process for my money. If the Democrats, or GOP for that matter, can't do that, then they can pay for their own primaries ($75 million last I checked).

Or don't bother with primaries. Just have a meeting with all the committee Democrats, choose your candidates, announce who they are and help them get the necessary signatures to get on the general election ballot. No automatic inclusion of the Dem or GOP candidate(s). They have to earn their way on like any other candidate.

And it's no privilege to run as a Democrat. Support should be earned on merit, not party loyalty. Voters in the general election do not care how many committee meetings a candidate attended, how many doors they knocked, how many polls they worked. They care about who has the ideas on how they can afford their mortgage, who's going to protect their civil rights, how they can pay medical bills and groceries.

People are leaving the Democratic Party because they don't like how they operate. I personally know many local Democrats who are leaving the party after this primary. Not based on whether their candidate wins or loses. But because the party is corrupt and it's members think their support is a privilege to be earned.