Liberal or progressive?

[zipplewrath]

118. Winning at all costs

So you're about winning, even if that means losing on the issues.

And apparently democrats should never be challenged to uphold the positions of the leadership, ever, or it is come kind of purity test.

The Blue Dogs opposed much of the ACA and watered it down extensively, working with the GOP to accomplish it. The rest of the democratic party swallowed a tremendous amount of dissatisfaction to get what little they got. It was a predominately GOP leaning bill, but many blue dogs STILL wouldn't vote for it. So tell me, who were the "purists" and who worked with the party? Those who supported it despite the fact that it had little of what they wanted? Or those that voted against it because it had one or two provisions that would have been unpopular in their own districts?

You seem to have a funny definition of "purity".