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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: We need a sane moderate conservative party. Seriously. [View all]Xipe Totec
(43,888 posts)7. All they have to do is join the Democratic Party
Nothing wrong with it, but this is the centrist party; this is the Democratic Party you're describing.
We have lurched so far to the right, that the Democratic party has now occupied the place previously held by Rockefeller Republicans.
I'm not saying they're not the sane choice at this time. What I am saying is that there's a lot of space to the left of the current political spectrum.
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You're describing the Democratic Party. We need something to challenge it from the left. nt
Xipe Totec
Nov 2016
#1
There is? When only 11% think Obama, hardly the most liberal Dem, is too far to the right?
whatthehey
Nov 2016
#16
OK. It's the average of the times the question has ben asked on this poll. Your turn.
whatthehey
Nov 2016
#24
He also signed the bill creating OSHA. Imagine a repubican doing something like
madinmaryland
Nov 2016
#37
There will more than likely never be another Repulican president ever again
inwiththenew
Nov 2016
#28
I don't see how they elect another president in their current ideological form.
arely staircase
Nov 2016
#31
I doubt the right wing of the Democratic Party is sufficiently conservative
arely staircase
Nov 2016
#32
Maybe the Third Way, Libertarians and Greens can get together and form their own party.
Rex
Nov 2016
#34
As I see it, with an unstable GOP or a GOP that moves to the right, those who are conservative...
yawnmaster
Nov 2016
#35
and that is my point. not that I would ever vote for even the sane, science accepting GOPers
arely staircase
Nov 2016
#40