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In reply to the discussion: And this is how the Democratic party gets pulled ever further rightward. [View all]leveymg
(36,418 posts)On principle, I welcome ex-GOP into the party, so long as they don't try to take it over (of course, they will). But, the real problem as I see it are that the Democratic Party is dominated by Cold Warriors who still have a complex about being branded soft on communism (or whatever) and behave more aggressively against the perceived threat than even the conservative Republicans. Then, there are the Dixiecrats, people so lazy they never even abandoned the Party but keep dragging it backwards.
The real problem, though, are the "serious people" in Washington, the so-called Wilsonian Internationalist wing that's stampeded America into most of the wars during the past Century. You will find them ensconced at the Saban Center at Brookings, for instance, where they make make a comfortable living planning wars between policy spots at the State Department and NSC under Democratic Presidents.
Take Susan Rice, as an example.