Look at all you people looking for a purge. It's ridiculous.

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83. People need to realize that a left-wing candidate can't win everywhere.

Trust me - a liberal Democrat will never be sent to Washington by my home state (Oklahoma) in my lifetime. If a conservative Democrat can win a district here (which is still a long shot), that's one more vote in the Democratic caucus.

Tom Coburn got his political start by beating a conservative Democrat incumbent in my congressional district. Before then, a Republican had never won this district, but none of the Democratic congressmen I remember could ever be called liberal, at least not by DU standards. Personally I like President Obama, but any politician trying to get elected to national office here is committing political suicide by embracing the president. Hell, we had a very conservative Democratic candidate in the governor's race, and he got blown away by Mary Fallin. Liberal ideology just won't go over here.

I'm pretty sure Oklahoma is not unique in this fact. Yes, in a large state like Texas, there are probably some representatives from blue districts who could be called liberal, but do you really think a true liberal is going to be elected to the U.S. senate by Texans?

If the best you can get is a conservative Democrat, then harping on about ideological purity is a waste of time and guaranteed to elect a Republican.