[saminfl]

The Democratic Party--party of Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy, the party that gave us Social Security, the G.I. Bill and Medicare--has become a party that stands for nothing and does nothing. Our party is stagnant, and if we don't do something new--in a better and bolder way--the Democratic Party could follow that other inflexible party of groups, the Whigs, into the dustbin of history.

During the 1960's, the party was captured by the communists and socialists.

[Burkeman1]

No- the Radical Democrats entered the party after they Derailed the Democrats in 68'. They got effective control of the party in the late 80's early 90's. That is why Clinton has such a hold over the heart of the Party. He was "their" (ie- the first President of the Radical Democrats). The old time Democrats are dead, retired, or now Republicans,