Discussionist poll #2. Digging a bit deeper....

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43. Lol, there is far more 'down in the dirt back and forth HERE than over there so far.

Which is why Democrats were fleeing this site. Too many here trying to control people, which when it comes to Democrats, is impossible. The country has many serious problems and there is a trend now towards leaving uber partisanship behind as it has so distracted from the real issues. So many good Dems have moved on from DU to other venues. So I think it was very wise of the Admins to see the trend away from the restrictive atmosphere here towards what is turning out to be the future of politics. DU iow, was becoming obsolete thanks to those who spend their time slamming anyone who actually cares about ISSUES.

There are far too many NEW arenas where people can actually freely discuss issues. It's not 2003 anymore. Things have become far too serious for millions of people and voters on all sides of the spectrum are super disappointed with the way things are going.

The world is moving on and people are putting their country before anything else, even to the point where many groups have formed where people across the political spectrum are joining forces to try to redirect the country from the policies of the past 20 years or so. Conservatives especially, not the right wing troll types, are realizing how damaging Bush/Cheney/Reagan policies have been. And are joining Dems who have NOT wavered from their positions as some have, to try to save this country from those policies, many times supported by both parties. Iow, the PEOPLE are no longer going to fall for the 'divide and conquer' routine we all were involved in for so long, to the detriment of this country.