Posted on 11/14/2014 9:51:57 AM PST by Second Amendment First
The Democrats’ widespread losses last week have revived a debate inside the party about its fundamental identity, a long-running feud between center and left that has taken on new urgency in the aftermath of a disastrous election and in a time of deeply felt economic anxiety.
The discussion is taking place in post-election meetings, conference calls and dueling memos from liberals and moderates. But it will soon grow louder, shaping the actions of congressional Democrats in President Obama’s final two years and, more notably, defining the party’s presidential primary in 2016.
“The debate will ultimately play out in a battle for the soul of the Clinton campaign,” said Matt Bennett, a senior official at Third Way, the centrist political group.
Hillary Rodham Clinton, should she run, will face tension between the business-friendly wing of the party that was ascendant in the economic boom during her husband’s administration and the populism of Senator Elizabeth Warren, Democrat of Massachusetts, that has gained currency of late.
“I want her to run on a raising wages agenda and not cater to Wall Street but to everyday people,” Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, said of his expectations for Mrs. Clinton.
Straddling the two blocs could prove difficult. Progressives have been emboldened to criticize party leaders after the Republican rout, particularly given a lack of a coherent Democratic message to address the problem of stagnant wages.
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The Bolsheviks are getting ready to purge the Mensheviks and Social Revolutionaries.
If he vetoes it and then they overcome the veto, he'll be really p*****.
One philosophy that rules the Western Left is pragmatism. They’ll pull it together when it’s time.
My daughter just texted me that all systems are down in Clark County (Las Vegas) including police. Her husband is an IT project manager
[center] == [enslave our enemies, kill those who resist]
[left] == [kill everyone on Earth except for me and my few intellectual equals]
Membership in the Human Extinction Movement a must.
There’s no such thing as a “moderate” Democrat anymore. They’ve all been purged from the party or fled, just like many former Democrat voters.
Those lost Democrats have to be made up for by importing tens of millions of low-information illegal alien voters.
Moderate Democrat = Socialist
Liberal Democrat = Communist
Obama = Marxist
What stupid labels.
“Liberal Democrat”: Mao Tse-tung who killed over 300 million of his own citizens in China.
“Moderate Democrat”: Joseph Stalin who killed 80 million of his own citizens in the USSR.
“Conservative Democrat”: Adolph Hitler who killed a mere 6 million of his own Jewish citizens in German-held countries.
I know their strategerie..................GO MORE LEFT, MORE LIBERAL, MORE SOCIALIST...........................if that’s even possible..................
This will be resolved for the Democrats when they form up a fusion committee made up of most of the various factions the congressional party represents, march down Pennsylvania venue and demand the Current Occupant meet with them, much like Barry Goldwater headed up a similar committee and went to the White House to demand Nixon resign.
Otherwise, the Democrat party is doomed to languish for years before the stench wears off sufficiently for them to gain at least a plurality again.
Yes, I can see it now...1) Lie More 2) Lie better 3) Obfuscate 4) Cover up 5) Etc
Ah yes - The elusive and rarely seen ‘Moderate Democrat’.
Probably off and in hiding somewhere with the ‘Moderate Muslim’.
Bla, Bla, Bla... The reality is the only difference between the two progressive sections is one is Community Organizer, Activist, Angry and bent on their way or the highways via any means and open about it... or the other side which is hide in the shadows, Lie and Deceive until total power has been accumulated... Oh and all the Wealth...
The Enemy is within and until we deal with that Enemy we will Never be able to Deal with the Enemy’s outside the Nation!
Seek the Truth for it Shall Set You FREE!
Straddling the two blocs could prove difficult.
The image of Cancles straddling anything is not
something I want to contemplate...
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