It's A Curious Thing To Be Accused Of Depressing Democratic Votes, When Elected Democratics... [View all]

[WillyT]

just may be the thing depressing said votes.

Capiche ???

The historical and lifelong supporters of the Democratic Party are:

Women
Minorities
Union Members
The Elderly
The Middle-Class
Students
Liberals/Progressives
(Please add to the list...)

Yet... many an elected Democrat seems to be willing to not only ignore many of their lifelong/traditional supporters... they seem willing to vote against them, AND against their very own platform (.pdf file): http://www.c-span.org/pdf/draft-2008-democratic-national-platform.pdf

So I ask... just how far away from the positions/philosophy/platform of the Democratic Party, do the Democratic voters allow their ELECTED Democratic office holders to stray?



Because when Democrats start engaging in Scott Walkerisms in an election year: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002276473

It really really is neither smart, nor productive. In fact it's the opposite.