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In reply to the discussion: Well, congratulations, DU... [View all]Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)Do you think there is any right-left spectrum at all within the Democratic Party? (And this is the last 'you' in this post that's aimed at you, the reader. The rest are general 'you's, and could be replaced with 'one', but that sounds pretty stilted.)
If so, surely then there are those who are farther to the right, and those who are farther to the left.
I do think there is such, and my definition of the 'right wing' of the party are people who support things that are generally supported by people in the Republican Party.
So, in a general sense, the more you completely disagree with Republicans, the more 'left wing' of the party you are, and the more you agree with Republican ideas, the more 'right wing' of the party you are.
Now obviously, everyone falls out differently on specific ideas. You might have one Dem who is as lefty as they come, except for 2nd Amendment rights, for instance, on which they are nearly completely in sync with Wayne LaPierre. Or you might have a 'Lieberman' or a 'Baucus'. I would certainly consider Joe Lieberman about as RW a Dem as they come - which he even proved by leaving the party when it became politically expedient.
So obviously a single spectrum is simplistic, but I'd think the more Republican ideas you agree with, the more strongly you could be called 'RW', even if you proclaim yourself a Democrat.
If you can't even agree that there are 'right' and 'left' stances or principles within the party, I'm not sure that 'right' or 'left' even have any meaning when applied to Dems and Republicans as a whole.