The Democrats on here who think progressives are looking for a "pure" candidate are wrong.

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100. What views now would I be alienating them from?

I just said that majorities in those states WANTED an increase in the minimum wage, as do I. Those voters could help WIN Democrats elections instead of losing them, if we'd champion causes such as those that work for the people, and not continue to play footsie with corporate interests?

Are we being "purist" to not want to have the corruption of special interest money being spent in order to curry favor for the 1%? Do you really think that is what a majority of American voters (not the 1% lobbyists necessarily) want? I would contend it is this corruption which the Third Way/DLC crowd wants to embrace which IS THE REASON why many of these Democrats lost. And if you go through who lost in 2010, and 2014, you'd see that is more of the corporate Democrats that lost in those elections, not those that were more concerned about working for their people.

I'm not about excluding LIBERALS! It is the Third Way and DLC types like Rahm Emanuel who are calling us "f'ing retarded" and take our votes for granted and making an effort to EXCLUDE liberals from the power structure of the party's decision making and platform process.

You're right, we shouldn't be making excuses (like this "purity" nonsense) to exclude liberals from the Democratic Party. We need to stop this nonsense from the Third Way/DLC that is doing this or tell them to go take a hike so that we CAN get them to join this party and be convinced we are working for them, and not the corporations that have been screwing them for decades now.