Reply #7: you miss the point

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I mean irrelevant in an ideological sense. Even if the Democrats swept the last election, my comments would still hold true.

That 49%... as big a percentage as it is, is only supportive of an Democratic Party that, itself, is in an ideological straight jacket. The Democrats lack any ideological offense to match the Right. Yet unless they do challenge those BIG issues, they are ceding them to the Right and forever will be forced to work within an ideological framework the Right has constructed. The last four years are a perfect example. The Dems refused to take on the Electoral College even though it gave us the morally illegitimate Bush Junta paving the way for the Right's complete consolidation of power. Kerry worked completely within the Right's framework of irresponsible tax cuts knowing that this is CENTRAL to the Right's plans to sabotage government. Shall I go on?