Grand jury empaneled in Burlington College case

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168. He would be the first to deny being "one of our guys."

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He's spent 40 years claiming Democrats were all corrupt, you know. No hiatus during his brief stint as a Democrat. He changed his label but not his orientation, as demonstrated by his immediate renunciation after the election.

I know what you mean, but I believe not identifying the bloc of leftist Democrats who are fighting the rest of the blocs in the party, especially its dominant liberals, for what they are is harmful to the party. It allows them to disguise their attitudes, their goals, and their numbers behind the very mainstream identity they deplore.

It also helps Republicans constantly try to characterize mainstream Democrats with non-mainstream, often radical, and sometimes even extremist, behaviors.

The result is people who would or might vote Democrat end up confused, drawn directions they might not choose if they understood better. We need factions identities, and their relative numbers, clarified for everyone's good.

Note I'm not suggesting those who reject the choices of 90% of all Democrats are not Democrats, any more than I am suggesting those on the right who despise most Americans are not American. They are. But identifying us all for what we are is a critical step toward helping people make informed choices.

If we'd accomplished that before, 2016 might have turned out very differently.