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In reply to the discussion: Bag Production [View all]H2O Man
(73,511 posts)33. Interesting.
I have encountered no evidence whatsoever that supports this. I think it is difficult to imagine "extreme leftists" being registered in the Democratic Party. There are, of course, many good leftists within the Democratic Left (hence, its name).
I suspect that a winning -- "reliable" -- formula for presidential elections would need to do what Obama did: appeal to a wide variety of people. He ran as a centrist, and won twice.
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"United We Stand" has to be the Dem motto and yelled out loud and clear and incessantly!
BigmanPigman
Jul 2017
#7
Great post. And I guess I am a true Beatles fan - saw your OP title and thought immediately of
NRaleighLiberal
Jul 2017
#9
My feeling is that it will be us who vote for Progressive leaning people such as Bryce
lunatica
Jul 2017
#28
Very good Post...during the two elections in he 80's we lost badly...Mondale and Dukakis...
Demsrule86
Jul 2017
#20