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nadinbrzezinski

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3. This is very local

Reply to dchill (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 1, 2016, 02:22 PM

Mar 2016

this has nothing to do with Clinton, but this is happening at county levels everywhere. The party has been shifting to a business party for over three decades. The clintons came in at the beggining of the process, and parties do this regularly in the US.

That said, we are in the midst of a populist movement. And locally this has nothing to do with the DNC...

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Why is the democratic party also in trouble? [View all] nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 OP

Because it's no longer the Democratic Party? dchill Mar 2016 #1

This is very local nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #3

The surviving apparatus in the Democratic and GOP parties is simply a "bankers' party" now villager Mar 2016 #2

That is why I said the flight will continue nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #4

...which will be interesting, because the environmental and economic crises will be ratcheting up villager Mar 2016 #5

Why I don't think either of the two parties nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #6

well thanks for depressing the shit out of me but you speak the truth dembotoz Mar 2016 #7

This is at the local level nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #8

Because with the party of the political right collapsing, we turned to the political left... Iggo Mar 2016 #9

Dems are turning to the left? nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #10

Because, although there are differences between the two parties bigwillq Mar 2016 #11

Except that the people who pushed for that CAP are (or were) part of the democratic base nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #13

The Democratic Party has the same problem Hillary does: Maedhros Mar 2016 #12

Less and less and things like this don't help nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #14

The next thing you know, they'll be opposing wind turbines! muriel_volestrangler Mar 2016 #15

I am not sure about tthat nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #16

That would be crazy. demmiblue Mar 2016 #17