I wish someone with stones during a debate would say.... "I think that Mr. Kennedy/ Franks/Daschle etc..from the National Democratic Socialist Party would blah blah blah.." It would be priceless to hear the howls of protest since that is the monicker given to Republicans..
They're certainly closer to fascists than communists. After all, it was the fascists who rejected the idea of the public ownership of the means of production in favor of control and regulation. Their logic was that the actual ownership of the means of production was unimportant; what counted, in their view, was the issue of control itself.
Of course, good luck convincing liberals of this unassailable fact of history. They're far too stupid to apply the Nazi label to their own fascist schemes.