If Liberals were to form a new, 3rd party . . .

What would you call it and who would be your presidential candidate for 2008?

This is not a red-herring question, I really am interested and think others may be as well.

The distinguished Senator from Washington, Patty Murray, would be my candidate for the One America party.

I respect Murray's politics and her integrity and I am sick and tired of the Republicans carving up this country into the Believers and the non-Believers; the Haves and the Have-nots, and; the Educated and the Embrace Your Ignorance groups. I would like to see some unity on the important issues (health care, education, crime, protecting our country, poverty, etc.) while agreeing to disagree on the divisive issues (religious & moral values).

Go ahead DUers --pick your team!

TGIF!

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Liberals, Republicans, and Democrats all rolled into one. We'd be Lubricants and Howard Dean would be our man.

might win a few votes. People would think it's the party of free sex!

Nader could be the candidate.

and form an alternate organization that really supports the members of the Dem Party. Most d/s and 3d pty libs and the core of the Democratic Party agree on the issues. It's the DNC that's causing all the problems. The leadership snubs its nose at the Dems and blackmails E-board members into voting to retain the same DNC leaders. A grass roots organization of Democrats could have the same impact as the DNC - in terms of platform and endorsements. The DNC doesn't give us the candidates. The primaries do.

I'm disappointed by the drift of the Democratic party but it is my party and I will work within. It is a great party with a proud heritage and of great days ahead.

within the democratic party. A strong liberal caucus withing the party, to challenge so called 'centrist' is the answer. Hell the establishment shit their pants over Deans candidacy. Let's make them shit some more. Nothing would make the DLCers more happy than having liberals pick up their ball and go home. I don't want to make them happy.

I think a good 'Mole Patrol' is also necessary.

The only viable way to deal with this kind of infiltration is to form, as you said, a caucus, a party within a party, to at least nullify the power of corporate contributions to the DLC. I mean, just go and look up the kind of money they're taking from companies such as Chevron and even the rightwing Bradley Foundation. They only advocate centrism to advance their own goals, not because they truly are moderate centrists.

...That party would lose every time, the Democratic party would lose every time, and the Pukes would win every time.

Seriously, you ask to repeat history.

Would only be fitting.