Why do we call Democrats "Liberals"?

The State Legislature, led by the Republicans, is trying to reinstate the January 15th primary election after an Ingham County judge has struck it down. The Republicans in both the House and Senate are trying desperately to create a law which will hold up to judicial scrutiny. There are three problems facing the issue:

1. House Speaker Andy Dillon, a Democrat from Redford, wants to just scrap the whole thing and go back to the caucus/convention style of selecting a Presidential candidate.
2. Senate Democrats have the votes to enact the primary law but are waffling about enacting it in time for this election. They want to enact the law, but not have it in place for this election.
3. The current law has a provision stating that the entire law would be invalid if any part is removed; therefore, a judicial decision striking down a small portion of the law would not be a solution which would work in this case.

In all, you have Democrats who are once again working as hard as possible to deny the right to vote to the citizens of Michigan. Like the Democrats on a national level, local Democrats like Andy Dillon are working to ensure that backroom influence peddling will choose a nominee, not a vote by the people. Why the Democrats are so gung-ho about disenfranchising Michiganders and why Democratic voters are so willing to excuse this is beyond me. Frankly, as a Michigander, the only Democrat I'd even consider voting for would be Hillary Clinton because she has co-operated the least in Democrat's disenfranchisement of Michigan.

It is becoming clearer that the Liberal Elites who run the Democratic Party view the world in an elitist prism: a ruling class made up of them and the ignorant, incapable, uneducated masses who they have to direct. It's not enough that the so-called Liberal's envisioned ruling class chooses what schools people go to, how much they make on their jobs, where they live, what they do in their own homes - they now want to make sure that the masses don't butt their way into their choice of which members of the ruling class get to run for President.

State Legislature works to save Jan. 15 primary
Detroit Free Press

LANSING -- Michigan's Jan. 15 presidential primary remained on life support Thursday as the state Legislature tried and failed to push through changes in the primary election law that would help it survive a legal challenge.

The State Senate worked into the evening on legislation to address objections from an Ingham County Circuit Court judge, who a day earlier ordered the primary suspended because of a provision to give exclusive access to voter lists to the Democratic and Republican parties.

But the Senate fell short of garnering enough votes to put the changes into effect immediately, which was crucial.

Some supporters of the legislation said it could be revived in the next week, in time to meet deadlines for the election, and that negotiations would continue.