No, Liberals Don't Control the Democratic Party

[Armstead]

29. Pragmatic means doing what works for your interests. Looks like a big Fail for "centrism"

let's see....People are "purists" because they think some course-corrections are necessary?

How's all that corporate centrist "pragmatism" by the Democratic elites working out?

The larger debate about fiscal policy is all about cutbacks, austerity and all of the things the GOP pushes in order to shrink government to fall down the bathtub drain (as one wingnut put the goal)...And therefore we have no real debate or "compromises" on pulling out the safety net, or job stimulus public works, etc. Just trying to salvage a small slice from the GOP Pillagers.

Big Corporations and Big Finance continue to get bigger and more powerful and more abusive. We don't even talk seriously about restraining the growth of monopolies, trimming back the Too Big to Fail Banking behemoths.

The press and information and education infrastructure has been completely handed over to Big Media Monopolies, thanks to deregulation pushed just as hard by Democrats.

Health insurance is still privatized, and too expensive for many people with no alternatives to many (unless one lowers their income enough to become qualified for scanty subsidies or actually enters poverty).....

ETC.

IMO that doesn't doesn't recommend the approach of the last 30 years as the "pragmatic" answer to anything.