Reply #27: Well I agree that some Democrats in certain constituenties can't be... [View All]

"Liberal". However, my main point is that the agenda that you speak of as "populist" is something that self-described moderate and conservative democrats should champion more, if anything, because it is a winning agenda. If democrats in red states run to right on certain things, I don't mind. Take the Oklahoma senate race this year for example (I know this is about the 10th example I've used on this discussion). A lot of people, instantly dismissed Brad Carson as a Zell Miller clone. But when you consider that it is Oklahoma, a very dark red state, the idea of putting somebody like Brad Carson in the US Senate from that state seems pretty appealing, especially when his opponent is a hompophobic douche bag like Tom Coburn. Yes he's pro Iraq war, yes he's pro gun, and I think that he was for restrictions on abortion. I can live with all of that, because he's running in Oklahoma. However, what people like Brad Carson SHOULD do is preach an economic agenda which you describe as "populist". The leaders of the DLC, which are basically Evan Bayh, Joe Lieberman, and Al From, don't preach a "populist" agenda and that is why liberals are always up in arms when democratic senators decide to identify with the DLC.

Again, I know nothing about the Colorado senate race, and really nothing about where Salazar fits on the political compas and whether he ran a liberal or a moderate campaign. So basically, I'll let him start casting votes in the Senate before I make any judgement about him.