Reply #51: Our last nominee, John Kerry, was from the liberal wing of the party. Edwards' agenda is liberal by

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any historic perspective. Obama is well on the left half of the Democrats in the Senate. Even Hillary is left of (1) her husband's administration, (2) Jimmy Carter's administration, (3) Lyndon Johnson's administration, (3) John Kennedy's administration, and (4) Harry Truman's administration. FDR was only able to promote a more liberal agenda because America was in financial crisis. Hell, women haven't even had the vote for a century yet!

My views are out of the mainstream. That is true now, but it was no less true any time since WW II and no time in American history other than during the FDR administration.

You are right to long for a more progressive future, but you are historically inaccurate to long for a more progressive past.