Before Jim Webb was a Democrat, he was a Republican and served as secretary of the Navy under then president Ronald Reagan. Webb questions the Democratic party's strategy and the support they were providing him during the first Democratic debate. In that debate, Webb barely had enough time to respond to questions and was cut off numerous of times."Some people say I am a Republican who become a Democrat, but that I often sound like a Republican in a room full of Democrats." Webb said. "Or a Democrat in a room full of Republicans. Actually, I take that as a compliment." Webb claims the Democratic party has moved away from "millions of dedicated, hard-working Americans." One of Webb's close friends, Mudcat Saunders wasn't aware of Webb's plan to drop out, but wasn't surprise. Saunders recalled days earlier that Webb and him were talking about how the Democratic party "have given upon the South, they have given up on the heartland, on rural America." Now it leaves four main Democratic contenders: Bernie Sanders, Martin O'Malley, Hillary Clinton and Lincoln Chafee.
-Courtney Stout