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Populist Reform of the Democratic Party

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1. I hope you realize

Fri Nov 14, 2014, 08:48 AM

Nov 2014

a rose by any other name is still just a rose. Changing the party name does absolutely NOTHING - the democrats themselves must change.

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What's in a name? We better decide... [View all] Eleanors38 Nov 2014 OP

I hope you realize clydefrand Nov 2014 #1

True. And we are in that process, now. Eleanors38 Nov 2014 #2

I liked the Roosevelt Dems. Is that still on?...n/t monmouth4 Nov 2014 #3

Roosevelt Dems or FDR Dems. Both work for me. Scuba Nov 2014 #4

Me too. Enthusiast Nov 2014 #6

Me too..n/t monmouth4 Nov 2014 #5

FDR Democrats, FDR Liberals, any of those are good with me. F4lconF16 Nov 2014 #12

The 4 Steps to Building a Successful Social Movement demwing Nov 2014 #7

I'll have to get out the pen & paper, I think it's faster, Eleanors38 Nov 2014 #8

Reach out to WillyT and EEO demwing Nov 2014 #9

The Roosevelt Institute PADemD Nov 2014 #10

I like it grahamhgreen Nov 2014 #17

Thanks, grahamhgreen. hedda_foil Nov 2014 #19

I like FDR democrats, fwiw. :-) RiverLover Nov 2014 #15

I like this too grahamhgreen Nov 2014 #18

The original historic populist party name... yallerdawg Nov 2014 #16

Here are a few names I jotted down... Segami Nov 2014 #20

Kicked & Rec'd /nt demwing Nov 2014 #21