Reply #35: you can make the argument that the center has moved to the right [View All]

but I don't buy that you can blame the Democrats for that. Maybe it's just that the country is moving to the right. Maybe it's being pushed there by the media - whatever the reason -

The job of a political party is to get candidates elected. If that means running liberals (like Diana DeGette, for instance) in liberal areas (Denver), then that's what they'll do. If it means running a centrist moderate like Ken Salazar in a statewide race - that's what will happen. It's why many people who may have agreed more with Mike Miles, (myself, for instance), didn't support him in the primary - because we needed a more centrist candidate to win a statewide race.

If you continually run candidates who are out of step with the times (and the times seem to be swinging to the right), you will end up with no political power at all, and in a position to affect nothing. The pendulum will swing back eventually - it may have already started here in Colorado, what with the Democratic successes this election cycle.