And this is how the Democratic party gets pulled ever further rightward.

[Swede Atlanta]

162. I'm torn here......

On the one hand you are arguing for ideological purity - a pure progressive orientation by suggesting Crist not be accepted. On the other we have always been the party of the "big tent". That is why we are the party of young, old, white, black, hispanic, asian, native-american, gay, straight, bisexual, handicapped, men, women, transgendered, christian, muslim, jewish, hindu, buddhist, atheist, etc.

I hear what you are saying but I think we need to fight against ideological purity. We need to look at the value potential additions to the party can bring.

Crist may have been disingenuous in that he publicly held these radical views while personally opposing many of them. Does that make him a bad man? Well....arguably yes.

But we need to build on momentum. We need all the voices, legs, hands, etc. that we can get.

We need to rally around a voice that is pluralistic, sometimes chaotic, but truly "big tent".