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In reply to the discussion: It's A Curious Thing To Be Accused Of Depressing Democratic Votes, When Elected Democratics... [View all]Zalatix
(8,994 posts)We failed to meet the Tea Partiers with a huge counter-rallies in 2009. We let the TP gain too much momentum without any street-level opposition. We could have fought back. Look at Occupy Wall Street now. That could have happened in 2009. Nose to nose against the Tea Partiers, the TP would have been blown away. This failure sent a HUGE message to our elected Democrats: their base had gone home and did not show up for the political fight with the Tea Party.
This created a false wave that the TP had great power - and when Democratic voters stayed home in 2010 that perception became reality at the polls.
We are setting ourselves up for failure once again by not PRIMARYING everyone beneath Obama's level with liberal Democrat candidates. We don't need to Primary Obama... we need to primary everyone in Congress and the State houses.
Aside from Elizabeth Warren we're pooching the screw. Again.