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32. So standing for liberal policies is far left?

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Sun Dec 7, 2014, 03:25 PM

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Why are people saying "conservative Democrats lost and liberals won"? [View all] Recursion Dec 2014 OP

Because people start from conclusions and then look for evidence. N.T. Donald Ian Rankin Dec 2014 #1

How far to the right are you willing to go to "win" elections? Scootaloo Dec 2014 #2

Probably about as far as you are... TreasonousBastard Dec 2014 #4

Come on. Give me an actual answer Scootaloo Dec 2014 #5

Do you really think i can draw a line somewhere? How many... TreasonousBastard Dec 2014 #11

No, I'm honestly more interested in what lines you WILL cross Scootaloo Dec 2014 #14

The "teabag zone" is out of bounds, but... TreasonousBastard Dec 2014 #15

Well the prevailing idea that there is no limit. Scootaloo Dec 2014 #17

Whose "prevailing idea"? TreasonousBastard Dec 2014 #20

+10000! Katashi_itto Dec 2014 #29

Which Republican policies are you willing to implement? AgingAmerican Dec 2014 #27

If Adolf Koch Cheney would vote for Pelosi as Speaker, and his R opponent was to his right Recursion Dec 2014 #24

Because they WERE focusing on the Senate. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Dec 2014 #3

+1000! The house is rigged, and will be for the next 40 years I heard. RiverLover Dec 2014 #7

I'm in Bishop's district and have my own ideas on what happened... TreasonousBastard Dec 2014 #8

Did Bishop put out his own commercials Erich Bloodaxe BSN Dec 2014 #9

Yes, he did, but... TreasonousBastard Dec 2014 #12

That's a pretty lethal 1-2 punch. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Dec 2014 #13

We also lost 5 of 6 presidential elections until Clinton moved the party to the right BeyondGeography Dec 2014 #6

plus she seems to have similar views on foreign policy JI7 Dec 2014 #10

She could explain that she was a Republican while her Party refused to act on AIDS while thousands Bluenorthwest Dec 2014 #19

Her background would cost her in the primaries, not in the general, imo BeyondGeography Dec 2014 #21

She can't make it to a general because she has not been honest about her past at all. Bluenorthwest Dec 2014 #22

^^^ This Recursion Dec 2014 #26

yep. Phlem Dec 2014 #33

Those 8 years under Bush sure were fun! joshcryer Dec 2014 #41

Yep and when I lost my job to NAFTA, that was super fun. Phlem Dec 2014 #43

Liberals should be Liberals and stop pretending to be anything else. Stellar Dec 2014 #16

nooooo! Phlem Dec 2014 #31

Right. And painting anyone who wants the Dems to win as a "3rd way con" isn't fearmongering. baldguy Dec 2014 #39

It's only fear mongering when you have been following the right ward march for 40 + years Phlem Dec 2014 #42

"It's only fear mongering when someone else does it." There, FTFY. baldguy Dec 2014 #44

Oh I didn't know you did. Phlem Dec 2014 #45

Because my State had large turnout, elected a Senator, 4 Reps, a governor, and the next morning on Bluenorthwest Dec 2014 #18

Gay marriage seems to help the national party more than hurt us now Recursion Dec 2014 #23

I hadn't heard the part about liberals winning. Rex Dec 2014 #25

It's 2010 all over again. joshcryer Dec 2014 #28

So standing for liberal policies is far left? Phlem Dec 2014 #32

Um, no? joshcryer Dec 2014 #35

I see how that can be an issue for the liberal Democratic Party. Phlem Dec 2014 #37

Not at all. joshcryer Dec 2014 #38

Sure it works exactly that way. Phlem Dec 2014 #40

Bishop was in my former district. He wasn't very responsive to voters, often called his office sabrina 1 Dec 2014 #30

I am trying to get this straight here. sadoldgirl Dec 2014 #34

Which speaks to the need for a moderate (aka centrist) party, a Liberal (aka progresse or leftist) Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2014 #36

That would be a catastrophe, because the first and third would alternate in power. N.T. Donald Ian Rankin Dec 2014 #48

Who is saying that progressives won? We're saying that if we're going to lose anyway, Zorra Dec 2014 #46

If you are so right wing AgingAmerican Dec 2014 #47