Can the Democratic Party be reclaimed?

Syrinx

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Sat May-01-10 05:42 AM
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Can the Democratic Party be reclaimed?

Don't get me wrong. I like the Democratic Party a million times better than the Republican Party.

But it seems that the competition between the parties has become a race for corporate dollars.

Instead of a vision for the country.

We know of the Republicans vision. We're living it, and it's getting worse all the time. They want a two-tiered dystopia.

Democrats used to be the opposite of that.

How do we get that back?

Which is harder?

Getting the Democrats back to form? Or growing the Green Party, or a whole new Progressive Party?

The system seems set up to stop either. Which is easier?

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DailyGrind51

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Sat May-01-10 07:04 AM
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1. Only if all the "blue dogs" and corporatists retire!

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DrDan

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Sat May-01-10 07:33 AM
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2. if all the Dem corporatists retire, we would lose all our representation

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JamesA1102

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Sat May-01-10 07:50 AM
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3. Getting the Democrats back to form?

I get the feeling that your impression of the Democratic party was formed in the 80s. That is not the true Democratic Party.

You should study its history more. The Democratic Party was a coalition of Southern Conservatives, Labor in the North & Midwest and Minorities.

In the 80s the party lost many in those core groups (e.g. the Reagan Democrats) and it wasn't good for the party or the country in the long run.

The purge you're suggesting is similar to what is going on in the GOP. Let's not make the perfect the enemy of the good.

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