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In reply to the discussion: In their own words. An "intellectual buyout" of the Democratic Party. [View all]merrily
(45,251 posts)more traditional Democrats, like me, are the fringe. I think most Dem politicians are Third Way at this point. And I think most voters are clueless.
It's probably very hard for us political junkies to underestimate the extent of low info among voters, even voters who have more than average interest in politics, like a lot of the Hollywood crowd.
Most Americans have no clue that this is the New Democrat Party not the party they've understood the Democratic Party to be since the New Deal. And no one with money and power, not mass media, not New Democrat politicians or traditional Democratic politicians or Republican politicians wants to educate the American public about that. Despite all the blah blah about electability, they know very well which Democratic Party most Americans would prefer. They also know which one they and big donors would prefer. So, they don't really want to leave it up to most Americans. So, they leave us as few choices and as little say as they think they can get away with.