just what makes you think that will happen. 40- 50 yrs ago it was probably possible, when a candidate was chosen by acclamation at the convention. You better start figuring out who the delegates are because thats how the system works. They vote the platform or now support it.

Go back and review old conventions...on-line

hook, line and sinker...Do you live in Colorado?

After the dismal turnout this election you propose changing the entire party to suit, whom?? Its already apparent the young don't really give a shit to vote...no ponies and unicorns.. so your next step is to turn off the old who actually turn out.The young don't have the time or the attention span to get involved in deep Democrat politics, conventions, delegates, etc.

Thats how things work and have worked since the demise of Tammeny Hall. If you what a progessive party form one..it didn't work , but your going to try.

As for trying to go back the the Democratic Party of FDR...it isn't going to happen the times , people and conditions were different.

that is todays world. Maybe we'll get the under 60 to start voting again.

corporate ties and money have taken over the Democratic party and we truly have two Republican parties today. One is for the rich fat cats and the other Republican party(the old Democratic party) is made up of wanna be's rich fat cats.
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If you feel that they're both the same, why on earth are you here?

The Democratic party of today compared to even the 1992 Democratic party was taken over by the corporations that are playing the Wahsington Democrats like a fine tuned fiddle. It has nothing to do with Democratic Underground.
The Democratic Party as I'm referring are the people we elected as Democrats that have sold us out. And if you believe we still have a true progressive Democratic party then someone is blowing smoke in your direction.
When Democrats that are running for a Congressional seat and want to dodge their President like he is poison than I would say we have a problem with the Democratic party. Those Democrats that I described are nothing more than Republican lites.If you think the Democrats of today are those that will fight for the best interests of middle class America than you need to look again because those Democrats are corporatists and ..again nothing to do with my affiliation with DU
So its time to organize a real progressive party. And yes we have the party of the rich fat cats and the party of the wanna be rich fat cats.

Whoever that may be, considering none have made announcements yet.

if he runs and hopefully Elizabeth Warren will enter the race..Lots of sunrises and sunsets till the 2016 primaries tell what choice we have But I think if Hillary is our nominee we lose. Democrats will stay home

And was blocked at most of his other efforts by Conservatives?

I consider him a hero to the party.

Guess I'm one of those people who suck.

... and progressive, socialist Democrats as another. Usually that comes with a derogatory connotation. But denigrating FDR?

He may not have fully tackled civil rights, too, but on the economic side, FDR was as close to a Socialist as we had at that time. He did create Social Security, the minimum wage, the entire New Deal, and it wasn't until 1937 when his policies got blocked that he didn't accomplish more.

Edit to add: for his time, he was *quite* progressive.