2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumThe Democratic Primaries/Caucuses are for the "Democratic Party"
The Democratic Party is a big tent party that covers a full spectrum from far left to center left.. all are welcome..but the Party is the Party..sometimes it tracks farther left and sometimes it tracks more towards the center.. lived long enough to see the party float back and forth..
That is the Democratic Party.. great party to be a part of..
I have seen a number of ops talking about taking back the party (not sure what that means.. sounds a whole lot like the right wanting to take back their country)_
The party is not any one or select groups' possession to speak only of their philosophical view.
If this fluidity of the Democratic party is troublesome to the point a person loses sleep.. start another party ..and set standards that will only allow people whose philosophical view is in the narrow venue that is comfortable
I know the primary season can be aggravating.. but that is what it means to be a Democrat
Edit to add the gallup poll of party affiliation breakdown
http://www.gallup.com/poll/15370/party-affiliation.aspx
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)And Clinton supporters think it's still too big. Not the sharpest knives in the drawer.
Peacetrain
(22,878 posts)GoneFishin
(5,217 posts)"The party is not any one or select groups' possession "
Uh, yeah it is. The monied interests.
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)It fooled people for a little while. But they didn't deliver one iota to the Left for the 30 years of support. At some point you realize the marriage is completely fucked, and a one-way partnership. Divorce then becomes the usual answer.
GoneFishin
(5,217 posts)Then wonder why you are in a rut.
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)And the elimination of caucuses.
Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)out the similarity to the far Right's "we're going to take our country back". A euphemism for extreme and intolerant positions.