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In reply to the discussion: The Third Way is "concerned" about all this populist talk [View all]RC
(25,592 posts)It they are Liberal, Where does Alan Grayson stand on the political landscape? How about Bernard Sanders? Elizabeth Warren? Or even my own congress critter, Emanuel Cleaver, for that matter.
If Obama and Hillary are Liberal, those others must be way off the left side of the map.
Both Obama and Hillary are corporatist. That does not make them liberal. That makes them 3rd Way, "Centralist" The problem is that too many people consider the center as being the dividing line between the Democrats and the Republicans. There is no real dividing line. It is a mushy grey area, where you can't tell the (D)'s from the (R)'s without a score card. The real political center in this country has been all but abandoned by the Democratic leadership. That ain't where the money is. Out Democratic leadership is on the Right side of Center, where the money is.
My graphic is much more accurate than the two you put up.