I'm a populist; I'm no longer a Democrat.

[sabrina 1]

115. 61 Elected Denocrats 'gave up,endorsed and voted for Republican Chris Christie

in NJ.' Would they be given a pizza if they were members of DU? That was a pretty important election and we LOST because the Dem Party in NJ voted for the Republican.

You don't seem to be reading my comments.

I have NO intention of joining another party. THIS party has been taken over by the right wing Third Way who have made the statement 'Liberals should NOT be the face of the Democratic Party'. Really? This 'Think Tank' formed, without any grass roots support but with major donors from Wall St, in 2005. Those are fighting words and should be to EVERY Progressive Democrat.

I support the new and VERY AGRESSIVE Progressive Democratic activist Liberal Orgs that have formed over the past several years, WITH grassroots support. They are growing stronger, receiving more donations and so far have helped recruit candidates and donated large amounts of money to, like Elizabeth Warren.

They are challenging third way candidates, in once instance forcing a Dem Candidate who alligned herself with the Third Way to drop that relationship. Iow, the new Left orgs are planning to take back this party OUT of the hands of Corporate tools.

You assume wrong regarding what my intentions are.

But you are ignoring something very important while worrying whether or not someone can post on a relatively remote internet forum.

So I'l try again. The OP is NOT alone. He represents huge numbers of Progressive Democrats who are either going to do what he has honestly admitted to doing, OR he can be persuaded to join the rest of us whose goal is to replace the Third Way Conservative Corporate wing of the party with Progressive Democrats who oppose Wall St Corruption, like Elizabeth Warren.

You are doing exactly what the Party has done, you are alienating possible voters who could be persuaded to vote for a real Progressive. But the Progressive Orgs will be more than happy to get these alienated Democrats to vote for DEMOCRATS, NOT by telling them to 'just vote, hold your nose because we need to WIN' That isn't going to work anymore, we heard it all before.

What the Progressive Orgs are doing is giving them candidates to VOTE FOR. The Dem Party has been hijacked by the Third Way and many voters are simply leaving, like the OP.

But many more are not only NOT leaving, they are planning to reverse the Corporate takeover and they have a whole lot of support, as seen by their success with Elizabeth Warren eg, to get that job done.

The OP and millions like him are all potential supporters of Progressive Candidates. If the Party doesn't want to try to get them back, which is what you are doing, then the growing, Progressive Wing of the Party will more than happy to do so.