Democrats May Get Their Own Destructive Tea Party Movement
By Dean Obeidallah
The rise of Bill de Blasio and Elizabeth Warren shows the progressive wing is powerful and angry. How soon until their fans pick primary fights with the old guard?
Is this the beginning of the end of Democratic Party unity? Will we see primary challenges to incumbent Democrats who are viewed as not being liberal enough? How far are we from moderate Democrats be labeled as “DINOs”—Democrats in name only?
Only time will tell, but there is a growing possibility we will see “Tea Party” Democrats in the near future. They wouldn’t be conservatives like the Republican Tea Party members, but they would share the same dogmatic commitment to ideology and aversion to compromise. If you think Congress sucks now, just imagine how horrific it would be if there were Tea Party Democrats facing off against Tea Party Republicans!
The leaders of the resurgent progressive wing of the Democratic Party include the new mayor of New York City, Bill de Blasio, who has vowed to raise taxes on the wealthiest New Yorkers to fund more social programs. There’s also Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), who recently suggested (not advocated) that the minimum wage should be $22 an hour. And President Obama also seems to have joined this movement with his recent push to address income inequality and raise the minimum wage—both of which Obama is expected to name as priorities in his State of the Union address later this month.
Sure, there are some who applaud the rise of the new left. E.J. Dionne Jr., for example, wrote last week: “The return of a viable, vocal left will actually be good news for the political center.” He may be correct—this could be good for the political center. But it may not be good for the Democratic Party, at least if success is measured by electoral victories.
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I think the purist wing of the progressives might become problematic but not to the extent the Tea Party has become problematic for the 'pukes. 
They can take their "Centrism" and shove it where the sun don't shine.
for some, there will ALWAYS be a bigger, badder boogie man, and it will NEVER be a practical time to vote for real change. Never...
I'll vote for whatever Dem wins the Primary, but in that Primary, I'll vote for whatever Dem best matches my standard, and not make some oh-so-very-pragmatic excuse for why I traded my vote and responsibility for the warm fuzziness one feels when falling in line behind the corporate/media approved candidate.
Sorry I disturbed your nap.
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can't compare teabaggers to Democrats or Progressives, Democrat teabagger? in someone's wet dream.
It's just another attempt by the commercial media to double-down on the consciousness of corporate spin. Apparently, this kind of invented baloney sells. It has demonstrated an ability to draw right wing authoritarian readers' attention, so the ad factories want to serve it up 3 meals a day now.
This will be the preferred spin going into the fall 2014 elections. Keeps the leftists attention in a futile apology of moderate positions, and it keeps the right wing authoritarians' attention by pushing the fear and phony crisis buttons.
