For once, focus your bloodlust on Republicans --instead of the DLC/Firebaggers/ANYONE WITHOUT AN (R)

[kenfrequed]

121. Right...whatever

Are corporatists not people?

Really, your post is so full of false equivalencies and tactics that will result in losing. Again.

Only having a bold stance will attract peoples attentions. Playing little miss moderate accomplishes several things and all of them are terrible.

1) By constantly moving to the middle it validates conservative ideas as being good or having some merit. After all (people think) if they didn't have merit then why would people move that direction?

2) We tried being 'moderate' or whatever between 2009 and 2010, precisely what kind of good did that actually do us? I seem to recall constant fillibusters, gridlock, anonymous holds, and legislative chicanery. Did those that engage in this pay a political price?

3) As a matter of fact the 'extreme left' has predicted succesfully the results of most of the stupid policies of the last couple of decades including various wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Nafta, stupid tax cuts, deregulation, etc.

What is our reward? Well the third-way sorts and Blue Dogs get the leadership positions in the committees. Oh yeah, and we get ignored by the media and castigated by the Emmanual Rahm's and Evan Bayh's of the world. Plus I have to personally put up with Ode's to Bipartisanship on DU.