Democrats See Conservative Blue Dogs as Key to Winning House

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52. We weren't consistent

I think the point is about consistency. You can run on a set of positions, only to abandon them for "expediency". It just turns off the very people you're trying to attract. Don't run on a "liberal" platform if you intend on abandoning those positions.

Quite honestly I think that we would do better to admit that we are unwillingly abandoning efforts to do what we know is right, in order to get other things passed. I wish Obama had admitted that problems with the exchanges were because of the lack of a PO, and under funding of nonprofits. I wish he had openly admitted that the reason the stimulus wasn't nearly as effective as it needed to be was because it was too small by half. I think we would do better admitting openly that the things we aren't able to get passed, in part because of our own conservative members, causes problems and undermines individual Americans. Way too many victory laps over things that aren't really victories.