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In reply to the discussion: How do we make peace with Blue Dogs without giving them their way? [View all]Chan790
(20,176 posts)If the districts are such that being a Republican would be easier...I'd rather still run a liberal and lose than run a conservative-Democrat and win...because then at-least the electorate is being exposed to progressive ideas.
A victory is never made by co-opting the other side's ideas...we can win in the long run by holding to our principles. Keeping blue-dogs plays into GOP/conservative strategy by moving us right as they move further right. We're now proposing the policies they used to run on and they're laughing as they move further right to see how much more conservative they can go. We're now losing by winning by not running left even if we'd lose for it.
Also, your argument is an argument towards regional parties. That's a loser every time.