If we become Repub lite, the voter is gonna vote for the REAL Repub, run on who we are,progressive D

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30. Amen to that!

I kinda understand what some of you are saying about fitting your state or district, but sometimes trying to run from Democrats will cause you to LOSE more Democratic votes than you will ever make up in trying to appeal to Republicans. If I lived in Kentucky and I had heard her when she was trying to not say whether she had voted for Obama, that would have made me mad - it wouldn’t have convinced me to support her!

Republicans are going to paint Dem candidates as the most left-wing, commie liberals anyway, no matter how conservative one tries to be. Kay Hagan made the same mistake in NC. She tried to distance herself from Obama and in the process she lost more votes than she gained. As Alan Grayson always said, “You can’t beat a Republican by trying to BE one!”

Democrats need to forget about winning over Republicans. We need to concentrate on getting our own voters to the polls, and winning the votes of unaffiliated voters and people who don’t vote. We need to stick to our convictions and not be wishy-washy. Voters love candidates who stand up for what they believe. We might even win over a few Republicans in that process!