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In reply to the discussion: "We Don't Need Two Wall Street Parties" Markos responds to Third Way attack at Politico. [View all]BlueStreak
(8,377 posts)I understand that a lot of folks have voted a certain way their whole lives and they may not change overnight. But we don't have to win all of them over in the first cycle. Many districts can be won if we just change 10% of the minds out there. That is a tall order, but I submit that the first step is in telling them what they get if they vote for a Democrat. Who can answer that question today? I cannot. Dems act like a bunch of free agents, meandering here and there with no purpose.
If we could get agreement that the whole party would run on these simple messages, that could be powerful. I don't see how it could possibly lose any votes and it certainly would gain some. The real problem is that the people in charge of the Dem Party really don't want these things very badly. They are happy with the status quo where they grandstand a little here and there but don't ever hurt the Moneyed Elite [tm], so they are always in a position to ensure a rich flow of campaign funds.