DU Needs to Pivot Off the Debates onto the Economy now.

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11. 72 million registered Democrats

That is .002% of Democrats.

Not to mention, some people probably aren't even registered as Democrats. I'm registered as independent, but always vote Democrat.

So your take of the pie is even smaller then .002%

So no, I don't consider it a major player, in any sense of the word.

That's one reason why I don't bookmark links pertaining to it, but I've seen threads here about Rush Limbaugh doing rants about stuff that was posted on DU, and I've seen shout outs posted about DU by people like Thom Hartman who referenced information posted on DU. I remember when Elizabeth Edwards posted regularly on DU while her husband was seeking the Democratic Presidential nomination, both times. I know that Wes Clark was aware of Democratic Underground.

I've been here 7 years, I hear about it major media every once in a while, no more then once a year. Compare that to something like the Cato institute, (I know right wing, but this is an example) which I hear about every two weeks. The Cato Institute has influence. DU does not.