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In reply to the discussion: I've, and most of us who have been here for quite sometime realize one thing........ [View all]KPN
(15,699 posts)"them" right here at DU -- including many lifelong, loyal Democrats.
Where is the attack in this? I don't see it. If someone says a candidate doesn't inspire their vote, how is that an attack? Do you really think all the people who aren't happy with the Democratic Party's performance on working poor and middle class issues are going to vote D just because it's not R? Our candidates are going to have to inspire some people's support and vote if the Democratic Party is going to turn the corner and dominate the way the Rs have at every level the past 8 years or so. Maybe we'll regain the House in 2018 just because D isn't R, but that's not going to carry into future years if the Party doesn't perform on the issues that are important to these people. Will the Ds who in 2018 potentially capture current seats held by Rs perform well enough in this regard? Hard for me to imagine they will if they are cut from the neoliberal mold.