Ed Schultz Urges President Obama To Help In Wisconsin - MSNBC

[Tarheel_Dem]

13. "hoping......we can get a real progressive to run in 2016."

I'll settle for center left, just as I did in '92, '96, '00, '04 & '08. While I realize the frustration of those who may be further left than myself, I have to ask what was gained by the folks who "felt let down" in 2010? While you were feeling "let down" and filling up boards like this with their "disillusionment", the country was taken over by the wingiest of the wingnuts, and we don't have a whole lot to show for the little temper tantrums thrown by the "activists".

I'm no activist, I'm just a solid rank-n-file 4th generation Democrat, who can be counted on to vote in every election, and freely open my wallet for what I believe in. But, this big tent can get awfully crowded sometimes. We range from the very conservative to the uber liberal, and everything in between. The problem is, both extremes blame the other for our current dilemma. In the center is where things actually get done. Someone has to act as a bridge, and that bridge has been former Pres. Clinton, and now Pres. Obama. Let's be honest, before his conversion, the guy you supported in the primaries was a Southern center left moderate, until he decided to run President.

I'll be honest, I'm sometimes baffled at the level of vitriol aimed at Democrats who try to build bridges to the business community. What would/could a "real progressive" do without the help of Congress? Have you seen the 112th Congress?

The problem for "progressive activists" is that they have failed time & again to find that candidate that the whole party could coalesce around, who wouldn't be laughed off the platform. I'll be nice, and not name names this time.