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Populist Reform of the Democratic Party

Eleanors38

(18,318 posts) Fri Nov 14, 2014, 08:43 AM Nov 2014

What's in a name? We better decide... [View all]

People are offering them up in other threads, and it is our responsibility to come up with a good one. I suggest:

1) Set a time line for entries;

2) A vote on what we like.

My pithy effort: New Reform Democrats

ON EDIT, the name for this group is not necessarily a substitute for the present Democratic Party, but a more formalized public expression for this movement beyond a group in DU

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What's in a name? We better decide... [View all] Eleanors38 Nov 2014 OP

I hope you realize clydefrand Nov 2014 #1

True. And we are in that process, now. Eleanors38 Nov 2014 #2

I liked the Roosevelt Dems. Is that still on?...n/t monmouth4 Nov 2014 #3

Roosevelt Dems or FDR Dems. Both work for me. Scuba Nov 2014 #4

Me too. Enthusiast Nov 2014 #6

Me too..n/t monmouth4 Nov 2014 #5

FDR Dems sounds good to me. For a long time the 'left' has been marginalized in their own party. sabrina 1 Nov 2014 #11

FDR Democrats, FDR Liberals, any of those are good with me. F4lconF16 Nov 2014 #12

The 4 Steps to Building a Successful Social Movement demwing Nov 2014 #7

I'll have to get out the pen & paper, I think it's faster, Eleanors38 Nov 2014 #8

Reach out to WillyT and EEO demwing Nov 2014 #9

The Roosevelt Institute PADemD Nov 2014 #10

'Social Democrats'. Alludes to the successful 'democratic socialist' parties of Europe, AND the grahamhgreen Nov 2014 #13

I may just have the right name ... and it reclaims some key words and memes from the repukes. hedda_foil Nov 2014 #14

I like it grahamhgreen Nov 2014 #17

Thanks, grahamhgreen. hedda_foil Nov 2014 #19

I like FDR democrats, fwiw. :-) RiverLover Nov 2014 #15

I like this too grahamhgreen Nov 2014 #18

The original historic populist party name... yallerdawg Nov 2014 #16

Here are a few names I jotted down... Segami Nov 2014 #20

Kicked & Rec'd /nt demwing Nov 2014 #21