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In reply to the discussion: Author Of Patriot Act Now Seeks To Limit Government Surveillance [View all]a Tea Party Movement of your own, to move the Democratic Party farther Left. It was moved farther Right, beginning with the Clinton Admininistration and his Triangulation strategy. That was after the country had move farther to the Right after not two but three Republican Administrations under the Reagan Era. During that Era, Liberals were attacked in this country and it became a Dirty word. They even took an all out assault on the Press for being too Liberal.
Instead of President Obama talking about famous or popular Democratic Presidents, he keeps referring to Republicans. He seems to have no sense of what America was like before Reagan. President Obama is more of a centrist, and Blue Dog Democrat. Hillary Clinton will be the same and so will Biden. What the DEmocrats need is a new liberal candidate to challenge them in Democratic primaries. That shouldn't be a problem with all these Liberal organizations to find or recruit a candidate to challenge them. It is not impossible to do in the primaries, because Obama himself challenged the establishment favorite on basically liberal positions, such as the anti-War position against Hillary Clinton and Universal Healthcare. Either they move it back towards the Left, or face a challenge by someone new.
A third party is not the way to go or a Ralph Nader. By Nader going outside the Party, all he did was damage the Democratic Party and enabled republicans, because they were more solidified. If Nader really thought his positions were in the majority, then why was he such a coward to run as a candidate, within the Democratic Party?