[Coffee_drinker]

"extreme liberal agenda they are spouting."

Of course you know when it comes to the General Election they will move to the center to grab the most votes they can.

Primary= go left to get the nomination
General election = move center to get the votes,

even the Dems know that most of America is more right leaning than left.


CD

[Peace will be here soon]

"Primary= go left to get the nomination
General election = move center to get the votes,"

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Yes, but the only problem is people like my father are so upset at what they are hearing , I don`t think they will come running back like usual. If a "normal" democrat is listening to any of this stuff now, it will not be easily washed away. My father is very much like a Lieberman, and you see how the "radical left" is treating Lieberman. The Dem`s have a fractured base, a radical left & moderate middle, and they are not in the same camp. The radical left in the Dem camp will not stand for a Lieberman, and may turn away if a Dem Pres. candidate starts talking like him. If they put Dean out there, they loose the center. I truly believe the Dem`s are in big trouble. And I currently do not see a way for them to pull it all together.

[Sapper26]

Primary= go left to get the nomination
General election = move center to get the votes


This time around, I think the Dem's are going to have a hard time doing that. The lesson many took from the 2002 election was that the party had to move left (ex. Pelosi becomes minority leader).

The war in Iraq has caused a natural split between the candidates. Dean's popularity comes from his anti-war stance. The other's (Kerry, Leiberman, Edwards etc) will have to move further left than usual to make up for their vote for the war.

So, moving to the left is no problem, coming back to the center will be.