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" . . .If they can't win in this climate, when can they win?" . . ."

The Democrats can win again when the Republicans become as arrogant, amoral and corrupt as the Democrats had become when they lost control, and begin forget what got them polical support in the first place . . . like promises of smaller, less intrusive government. They are almost to that point now, which is why the election is up in the air.

No, the Democrats can win again when they become the party of Harry Truman, FDR and JFK...even LBJ!

Unapologetic, militaristic, aggressive nationalists, flag-waving pro-American bigots, even, willing to firebomb Dresden, nuke Japan, and round up foreigners and put them in CAMPS to sort through them one by one, because national security trumps EVERYTHING sort of Democrats...
You know, the kind who won World War II, the kind who wanted to get INTO World War II and kick Nazi ass while the Republicans at the time were dithering Isolationists.

If THAT kind of Democrat stepped forward again, he would have a huge following.

People want social security, they want public education, they want public health insurance, they want an inheritance tax, and they want a substantially progressive income tax code. Democrats offer all of those things, and that's why they do as well as they do. There is a huge electorate for that.

Problem is, they then shoot themselves in the head by being the hate-America first party. If, instead, they were the flag-waving pro-American bigots that FDR and Truman were, they would get back all the Reagan Democrats and a good part of the Independent non-religious vote.

That's when they can win again.

But are they even CAPABLE of that anymore?
Or will it take socialist, nationalistic party to put the Dems to bed forever and replace them.

America would be a hell of a lot better off if our choices were between FDR and Truman on the Left and Reagan and W on the right. Because then we'd be back to elections the country couldn't really lose.