Posted on 07/25/2015 10:59:57 AM PDT by markomalley
The “Progressive” overreach is now heading straight off the cliff — have a nice ride:
Centrist Democrats were wiped out in the 2014 elections and in their absence emerged a resurgent liberal movement, embodied most recently by the surprisingly competitive presidential campaign of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. But the suddenly ascendant left — its populist overtones becoming part of the mainstream Democratic pitch — is worrying Democrats who want to compete on Republican-leaning turf. The party lost every competitive gubernatorial and Senate race in the South last year. And Democrats didn’t fare much better in the heartland.
Now, as Bernie Sanders’ surge foreshadows a new burst of progressivism, moderate Democrats are looking to their counterparts in Washington with a plea: Don’t freeze us out. “The national Democratic Party’s brand makes it challenging for Democrats in red states oftentimes and I hope that going forward, the leaders at the national level will be mindful of that and they will understand that they can’t govern the country without Democrats being able to win races in red states,” said Paul Davis, who narrowly failed to unseat Republican Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback last year.
I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting for that to happen, Mr. Davis. The Democrats are in the grip of a mania that can only end in total victory over the country as founded or their electoral destruction. Given their abysmal track record as the party of slavery, segregation, secularism and sedition, we can only hope it’s the latter.
They STILL don't think in English
The only Democrat now in the race (fifth place among the five) who could possibly represent the less lunatic factions in the party would be Jim Webb, former Senator from Virginia.
Look him up. He has probably one of the more interesting resumes of ANY of the candidates in either party, and he fits the profile of what a potential President should be.
If that even means anything any more in the territory on the North American continent that was once known as “the United States of America”.
There is no room for white males in the Democrat party in the South.
Sane Democrats? Whodathunkit? Maybe the medications are staring to work.
That said, I think they are a bit late.
MOVING??? That ship has not only left the dock, it is on the high seas.
....and Bernie Sanders is STILL not far enough to the left for them.
They shouted him down when he dared observe that 'ALL lives matter'.
Dem’s delegate rules will make it next to impossibleto get sane candidates, especially as even the super-delegates are going to be hard left.
There are sane Democrats?
Howard Dean, 2004:
“We (The Soros Groups/Nutroots) OWN the Democratic Party now. We bought and PAID for it!”
“There are sane Democrats?”
There used to be. Types like Evan Bayh.
But they got run out for not being radical enough, and not being Socialist enough, by the Soros Groups/Nutroots in 2004 and 2006.
“They shouted him down when he dared observe that ‘ALL lives matter’. “
That wasn’t Sanders. That was, IIRC, Mark O’Malley.
Eff em.
No need to be rash and use the word "electoral".
But, if Republicans remain as their sole "opposition", the Democrats will prevail.
Those commies, if nothing else, have ZEAL.
"I'll decide when.
BTW, the answer is "never".
Death to America!"
Good news for Dems. Not many sane.
So, 3 democrats are worried about this?
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