"That is my point - centrism killed this party," he insisted. "We didn't regain the Congress in 1998. . . In 2000 we lost it all. In 2002 we were demolished, we were demolished. We lost everything as a party."
Gotta admit...for a left wing, black caucus loon...he's made good points points here.
As for the comment "centrism killed this party" look for this to be the mantra of most push button, win-win-win, party over principle Republicans by 2008.