Reply #42: Here's new research from July posted here on DU which verifies what the OP said, also: [View All]

DU'er Nashville Brook posted this and it's a good read:
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1517758
Forget everything you know @ "The Independent Voter": Study shows to win votes MOTIVATE your BASE

Very interesting analysis from TruthDig and DailyKos that shows how the all-important "swing voter" is not actually a moderate-centrist who yearns for deficit reduction and "pragmatic" non-ideological candidates. Rather, the swing voter is a disaffected partisan who just hasn't seen anything worth voting for in a while. This is bad news for Obama's reelection, as he's been running to the right just as fast as he can since the party's "shellacking" in 2010. Only, if you remember, the Dems who received the drubbing were the middle-of-the-road Third Way'ers. In 2010, solid liberals did fine as a whole.

According to this analysis, if the party wants to win in 2012, they need to start playing to win right now with the phony deficit negotiations. Stand firm for Democratic programs and fight for Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid as if your job depends on it...because it does.

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