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In reply to the discussion: Democrats are digging a political hole so deep we may never be able to get out of it? [View all]Tarheel_Dem
(31,454 posts)that calls itself progressive, I'm talking about rank-n-file, hardworking Democrats who could give a shit about DU, or it's machinations.
As you and I both know, internet progressivism is a breed unto itself. You're no soothsayer, and I really wish the people who only come here to divide and conquer the Democratic Party would just go do their own thing, like the Roseanne Barr/Rocky Anderson/Jill Stein/Ron Paul coalition. If you think there are any Democrats out there, to the far left of Barack Obama, who stand a snowball's chance in hell of winning the WH, you're sorely mistaken.
Hillary Clinton is the 2016 frontrunner for a reason, and many believe (myself included) that she is to the right of Barack Obama, and she's certainly more hawkish. There's a reason why center-left candidates keep winning the nomination, and one only has to visit DU when it's going through one of its many convulsions to see why. I'm willing to make a prediction here & now; there will never EVER be another hardcore "Unrepentant" liberal in the Oval Office, in our lifetime, for the exact same reasons this country won't elect a teabaggin' Marco Rubio. Bank on that!
Accept that you guys rule DU, but little else.