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4. Why would the Dems ever shift back left?

Tue May 31, 2016, 08:43 PM

May 2016

They WON'T, until we force them to do so. The Democratic 'Party' is the establishment, and no establishment gives up it's position voluntarily.

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Here is what I'm struggling with when it comes to voting D no matter what... [View all] Ed Suspicious May 2016 OP

A little too suspicious, Ed KatyMan May 2016 #1

Your comment includes Republicans running Teflon Don with Mafia connections. Jeffersons Ghost May 2016 #8

Their dwindling numbers Zippyzagnut May 2016 #2

Why would the Dems ever shift back left? elleng May 2016 #4

IMO, you've got it backwards. The far left is so unreliable ecstatic May 2016 #5

Well, I've been politically active for more than 40 years Tal Vez May 2016 #6