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In reply to the discussion: Does today's Democratic Party speak for you? [View all]Warpy
(114,620 posts)There needs to be a shakeup at the top to decrease the power of the DLC/New Democrat coalition, a coalition that knows best how to lose elections. They're the ones who muzzle candidates so they won't scare right wingers and who misallocate resources to safe districts instead of spreading them around so people in red areas don't feel abandoned. It's a coalition that is owned by Wall Street, by and large, and that makes the party no friends among people who see their purchasing power decrease year after year as hedge funds stripmine the economy.
Most of our people in Congress are tolerable, especially considering how frustrating it must be to have to try to work with raving lunatics. The Democrats defeated in 2010 were Blue Dogs, by and large. While that should have sent a message to the leadership, they have failed to heed it.