MATT TAIBBI: The Democratic Party Would TRIANGULATE Its Own Mother

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106. Oh gods, Exactly!

I had been saying something like that for awhile now. That is exactly what triangulation is! A temporary tactic to try to soften up or grasp for the center. The problem is that when you do it full time there usually isn't any middle left to cling for and you abandon the tatters of your base to the wind while foolishly assuming the people that pound pavement, knock on doors, and make the get out the vote phone calls are going to stay loyal.

As much as I despise the right wing lunatic fringe, their party doesn't take them for granted.

As far as a new party goes I think there is a stanza from "Solidarity forever" that I have been thinking about for awhile now:

"In our hands is placed a power greater than their hoarded gold,
Greater than the might of armies, multiplied a thousand-fold.
We can bring to birth a new world from the ashes of the old
For the union makes us strong."

I think we would do better to takeover the Democratic party and make it ours after we kick out the banksters and bullshit artists. They can go create their new party and simply name it after their bullshit and call it "third way."