Posted on 07/21/2018 2:21:00 PM PDT by Libloather
There’s no question that the story of the Democratic party right now is about the ascending left. There’s a bumper crop of self-consciously progressive candidates running for office this year, while many relatively non-ideological “Establishment Democrats” are embracing policy positions and political messages long associated with party insurgents. The relative strength of various Democratic factions in Congress won’t be possible to reliably measure until after the midterms. But with the 2020 presidential election cycle soon to begin (the first candidate debates will probably be held about this time next year), it’s looking like progressives may have many more viable options for champions to send up against Donald Trump than do the centrists. That’s news in part because centrists have arguably controlled the presidential wing of the party since George McGovern’s nomination in 1972.
The obvious option for the leaderless elements of the Donkey Party is former Vice President Joe Biden, who has near-universal name identification, a personality and biography that makes him attractive to some 2016 Trump voters, and an issues profile that won’t drive progressives off the ledge. Biden, however, is 75, with two losing presidential candidacies behind him, and doesn’t seem to have much fire in the belly at the moment. At a conference of the centrist Third Way organization in Ohio this week, there was a lot of interest in a Biden candidacy, but talk got more muted when alternatives were discussed.
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That’s what is happening.
I watched video after video last night of people telling of their red pill experiences and walking away from the left.
The Ministry of Propaganda burst their own bubble with their over the top attacks on Trump.
Centrist Democrats ARE the Establishment RINOs
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Bingo.
Bush League Republicans are really undocumented Democrats in R jerseys.
Go to youtube and type walkaway in the search box.
There are hundreds and hundreds of people telling how they woke up to the propaganda.
And if one of these buffoons gets th nomination, they will wind up with the same result as McGovern.
Short of a complete economic collapse, Trump is going to easily win re-election.. put up one of the left wing whackadoos and he wins by 400+ EV votes
Clinton in 1992, ran a centrist campaign. The Bill Clinton of 1992, would never win a primary in this Democratic party.
How about toward sanity?
The punk ex gov of Va.
The neocons tried to turn the Republican Party into Democrat-lite. Now that Trump is busy reversing that, they have nowhere to go. This upsets them, and you see them raging against Trump.
“Democrats only see the letter at the end of the name. They know nothing of the issues, Constitution, but do know they can never vote for anyone without that letter D.”
True, but it serves our purposes well anyway if they stay home instead of voting, which they more than likely will.
The ‘socialists democrats’ should call themselves the ‘Freeloader Party’... my guess is it’ll get ‘em more votes...
The short answer is Trump!
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