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(129,798 posts)From Stuart Eizenstat, re: I've Seen Civil War Destroy the Democrats Before. We Can't Let it Happen Again -
'The greatest gains were made by moderate Democrats capturing Republican districts.
A successful Democratic presidential candidate might take a leaf from Carters playbook, even more successfully accomplished by Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, to appeal to both sides of the partys coalition to attract and hold moderate Americans tired of partisanshipAmericans who want the highest ethical standards in the White House, who will respect and strengthen the institutions that represent our valuesfrom the FBI to the press to our public schools. A successful candidate will eschew identity politics and want to unite Americans rather than divide the country into warring tribes, will strengthen, not weaken, our worldwide network of alliances, and will recognize there is a big country with its own problems that must be addressed between the two coasts.
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