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Populist Reform of the Democratic Party

F4lconF16

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12. FDR Democrats, FDR Liberals, any of those are good with me.

Reply to monmouth4 (Reply #3)

Fri Nov 14, 2014, 01:53 PM

Nov 2014

I think the name brings to mind a history that we can be proud of as liberals, and I think that pride in our positions and policies is exactly what we need right now. New Reform Democrats or something like that, while true, doesn't have that history, that sense of purpose.

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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 Dems sounds good to me. For a long time the 'left' has been marginalized in their own party. sabrina 1 Nov 2014 #11

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

'Social Democrats'. Alludes to the successful 'democratic socialist' parties of Europe, AND the grahamhgreen Nov 2014 #13

I may just have the right name ... and it reclaims some key words and memes from the repukes. hedda_foil Nov 2014 #14

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