Reply #57: There is no such thing as a Progressive Centrist...

[Totally Committed]

All Democrats who moved to the Center (and some even further right than that...) moved in regression from the Progressive ideas and ideals of the true Democratic base. Because they are backed by corporate interests, they were able to do this without suffering any repercussions -- i.e. if they don't need our $$$ to get re-elected, our interests stop diving thier support of those interests. Conversely, because they do need the corporate $$$ for re-election, those intersts become paramount, and an entity like the DLC not only becomes possible, but seems a viable alternative to the interests of the base. We no longer matter.

Just my opinion, but that's how I see it.

TC