To everyone who has stated we need to flush the party of 3rd way

[JonLP24]

141. There may be a comphrension problem

However, the Progressives also generated a great deal of controversy because of the widespread belief that they were secretly controlled by Communists who were more loyal to the Soviet Union than the United States. Wallace himself denied being a Communist, but he repeatedly refused to disavow their support and, at one point, was quoted as saying that the "Communists are the closest thing to the early Christian martyrs."[20] Walter Reuther, the president of the influential United Auto Workers union, strongly opposed Wallace's candidacy, stating that "people who are not sympathetic with democracy in America are influencing him."[21] Philip Murray, the president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), stated in April 1948 that "the Communist Party is directly responsible for the creation of the third party [Progressive Party] in the United States."[21]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1948

Now take the above and look at Truman's crackpot "sell us to the Russians" comment.

Still doesn't answer my question. Was their party platform "radical" to you?