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55. You bet. Since our political center broke, I've developed an

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enormous respect for the need for a healthy center of citizens who respect working together to achieve political consensus and to maintain stability for our nation. A huge function of that center is to keep extremism on both sides from breaking out and consuming us.

President Obama warned America that our center has broken. Frighteningly true. But a large, strong working center still exists on the left within the Democratic Party. Our wonderfully diverse coalition of interest groups with common purpose is in itself a working democracy.

For the past couple years, hardly a day goes by without the extremism that's burning on the right and threatening to rage out of control, its flickering echoes from a radical left that is unable to respect the views of others, and the endless partisan meannesses from both sides of an angry electorate that remind me our democracy can't continue this way and survive. Divided we fall.

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Perhaps it is time to learn from the evangelicals [View all] question everything Mar 2018 OP

Perfect is the enemy of good world wide wally Mar 2018 #1

You're absolutely right, of course, but the "true believers" will put you down for it. Binkie The Clown Mar 2018 #2

They believe God will be there for them in the afterlife, when God does not protect them in life. TheBlackAdder Mar 2018 #45

No shooting, but I would spank you with a wet nooodle. sprinkleeninow Mar 2018 #3

If the candidate has a D by their name, until we have a supermajority, they get my vote. ffr Mar 2018 #4

Yes, they voted for il douche to get that fifth vote rpannier Mar 2018 #5

It is simply time blue-wave Mar 2018 #6

I pledge to do the same MaryMagdaline Mar 2018 #7

:) I do support all liberal Democratic candidates, and Hortensis Mar 2018 #34

No, we don't need to move to the center, but we should not shun it question everything Mar 2018 #49

You bet. Since our political center broke, I've developed an Hortensis Mar 2018 #55

Why do they get to be as far right right and extrene as possible BlueTsunami2018 Mar 2018 #8

This shanny Mar 2018 #9

+1 demmiblue Mar 2018 #13

They aren't even close to as far right and extreme as possible. nt. NCTraveler Mar 2018 #20

Really? BlueTsunami2018 Mar 2018 #23

Please show me where I stated they are reasonable people. NCTraveler Mar 2018 #25

And I said as possible.... BlueTsunami2018 Mar 2018 #31

+1, Soon enough "Far left" will be "Getting shot at school is bad!" and "Sensibly conservative"... ck4829 Mar 2018 #29

Yes, we have our goasl as you list them question everything Mar 2018 #50

"move to the center" Martin Eden Mar 2018 #10

And it will always be so if we continue to elect Republicans...you want to move to the left, elect Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #14

One of the most empty slogans to ever be muttered in politics. NCTraveler Mar 2018 #16

Which glorifies losing as some sort of principle...it isn't a principle to allow people is evil as Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #18

Some don't understand the huge difference between..... NCTraveler Mar 2018 #19

I agree completely. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #35

It's only empty if you don't fill it Martin Eden Mar 2018 #22

It's as empty as could be. NCTraveler Mar 2018 #24

I don't believe what you wrote is accurate...this is not an issue that people Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #36

Don't we still have primaries? milestogo Mar 2018 #11

Primaries often hurt us more than they help us...primarying Manchin in WV with a person Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #17

Regualr primaries could cost Feinstein her seat question everything Mar 2018 #51

The GOP has their disagreements...but usually they vote in lockstep looking at the bigger Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #12

Not sure where you start your counting question everything Mar 2018 #52

We had Reagan, Bush, Bush II for a total of 20 years and now we have Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #57

I disagree to an extent about how you are framing this. NCTraveler Mar 2018 #15

I think it's a positive thing that we hash things out so broadly in the primary. Vinca Mar 2018 #21

Great post and very true. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #48

Well said. Thank you. And... in hindsight I wish that Hillary was not projected to win. Big question everything Mar 2018 #54

We have to understand our idealism expressed in a primary... yallerdawg Mar 2018 #26

Excellent point... Docreed2003 Mar 2018 #32

+1000 Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #37

What we need to learn is that Evangelicals are the ISIS of the US ck4829 Mar 2018 #27

K&R mcar Mar 2018 #28

We are smarter and have more integrity than they do. alarimer Mar 2018 #30

Anytime you elect a Democrat and don't elect a Republican, it is winning. And when Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #38

And I would add that 'mometary' gain is exactly what we need to get because if we lose more court Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #39

I agree. Smug, self-righteous political orthodoxy gave us Trump. Aristus Mar 2018 #33

A giant fuck you to all of them! Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #40

Right there with you... Aristus Mar 2018 #42

We have to bring back common sense to the Democratic party...the idea that Democrats are Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #43

Ok, Lars39 Mar 2018 #41

The Democrats were great this year...and if you want to turn the party back towards liberalism and I Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #44

Yes, it gives a majority, there is that. Lars39 Mar 2018 #46

We need a majority...we are sitting ducks without one...playing on GOP turf. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #47

They have billionaires. We have voters. sharedvalues Mar 2018 #53

You mean how to make money? Money is serious business and people trying to make McCamy Taylor Mar 2018 #56

In a 2-party system, any Democrat is better than a Republican Mr. Ected Mar 2018 #58