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In reply to the discussion: Serious questions for those who are convinced that Obama, Clinton, and Gore are not liberals. [View all]LWolf
(46,179 posts)1. Yes: Bernie Sanders, DK, Grayson, my own senator Merkley...there are a few more in the house.
2. Yes. Any of them with the full support of the Democratic Party and Democratic voters could be elected. It doesn't happen because the party and too many Democrats are NOT liberal, and because the corporate masters that the party and their "major" candidates suck up to don't play with liberals.
3. Yes, if you buy into the current spin on negotiation and compromise, which seems to simply mean that elected Democrats throw out some sound and fury, then throw in the towel, compromise their integrity, and help move the party another few steps to the right.
4. No. No. I consider the neoliberal/dlc/corporatist/3rd way/"new dem"/centrists to be the Democratic equivalent of the Tea Party, and they are thriving.