If we lose, I believe *this* post demonstrates why [View all]

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From Comments (Not Obama's, a Democrat) placed on the NBC news page declaring the winner:

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There is a time and place for Unions and the time is over and the place is not within any of our government employee base, and I'm a Democrat that has some of the same believes as a Republican. I attribute some of the current problems We face to date because of Unions, I'm not going to hide my head in the sand and march to any piper. >>>>>>> Obama 2012
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(Edit as I think it was being misunderstood due to grammer problems. The poster is saying they support Obama at the end, it is not an Obama Quote)

We are loosing the war of ideas by compromising and not holding to a strong and distinct message and that is reflected daily, even here on these boards , this comment reflects that.

I don't believe we will loose the Presidency. But the way we are conducting business as Democrats, mixing our message and sometimes even values, even expressing some Republican talking points in to "appeal" to "centrists, is too weak to counter the power of monitized and consistant messaging by the other forces.

We know what Republicans believe in. It is confused *Democrats*, like the one above, that will weaken our party and it's strength in the ballot box. I believe we will see more and more "cross over" as we lose on the issues, even if we manage to hold ground in many offices. And unfortunately that will have been much of our own making.

This is not a "Blame Obama" post. Hopefully it will be seen as a "Wake Up" post. We need to support Democrats, but we also need to insist and strengthen our support for *all* of primary progressive values and ideas. You know.. the ones we used to believe in with more conviction in the past. Whether that involves Unions, Teachers, Taxes, Detrimental Globalization, Environment, Safety Net, Social Security, Gender equality, LGBT rights, Democracy, Fair Economics .... all of it. We have science and history as a basis and we should never jetison the strength of our convictions based on expediency in "reaching out". Because ultimately that is a loosing proposition.

link:
http://nbcpolitics.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/06/05/12074595-nbc-news-walker-emerges-victorious-in-wisconsin-recall#comments

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