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in the hope of becoming conservative enough to attract GOP moderates is clearly not working. DLC candidates at the national level can't seem to get elected for love or money. They certainly can't get elected on policy.
Perhaps it's time to dump those old ladies in 3 piece suits collectively known as the DLC and have the party offer an alternative.
I'm talking about somebody who speaks the language of the working class and who puts working class concerns back on the table. These would include (but not be limited to) economic fairness, fairness in taxation, security in retirement, universal health insurance, and a return to a morality based upon something besides the sex lives of other people.
Working people haven't had a Democrat to vote FOR in a very long time. Clinton got in on wit and charisma. "Business as usual" has been a failure since then. The only party offering the average working slob anything is the GOP, who offer bait and switch tax cuts and a return to a golden era that never was.
Whatever happens, the party will have to undergo a massive shift in policy if they ever expect to get anyone elected above the local level. One shift will have to include taking voting machine tampering seriously. Going on as they are will result in a further marginalized and ineffective party.
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