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ulysses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-07-07 03:58 PM
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30. you wrote:
You need to describe (the majority of Democrats) ideologically to distinguish them from the "left wing" of the party.

I asked you to elaborate on this, not on anything regarding the base.
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  -What's your definition of the "Democratic base" calteacherguy  Oct-06-07 08:10 PM   #0 
  - Wow - I cast one vote, and got a blue line all the way from here to Timbuktu (which, BTW, happens  hisownpetard   Oct-06-07 08:13 PM   #1 
  - O.K., it's early in the poll, but I have some comments.  calteacherguy   Oct-06-07 08:17 PM   #2 
  - One comment  JeffR   Oct-06-07 09:01 PM   #10 
  - I think the majority of Americans agree with the dem base, progressive ideas.  illinoisprogressive   Oct-06-07 08:18 PM   #3 
  - Me.  Blue_In_AK   Oct-06-07 08:21 PM   #4 
  - well, depends  Capn Sunshine   Oct-06-07 08:32 PM   #5 
  - As usual with flame bait polls  ProudDad   Oct-06-07 08:49 PM   #6 
  - My intention was not flamebait.  calteacherguy   Oct-06-07 08:54 PM   #7 
  - Your poll is very flawed. You fail to describe the so-callec "majority of Dems"  Katzenkavalier   Oct-06-07 08:56 PM   #8 
  - And how would you do that, since most Americans, and presumably most Ds want out of Iraq, some form  kenzee13   Oct-06-07 09:36 PM   #12 
  - do tell.  ulysses   Oct-07-07 02:27 PM   #21 
     - No- I though the left-wing of the party was actually a big chunk of the base  Katzenkavalier   Oct-07-07 03:54 PM   #29 
        - you wrote:  ulysses   Oct-07-07 03:58 PM   #30 
           - Well, cal makes a poll asking about what is the "base" of our party  Katzenkavalier   Oct-07-07 04:03 PM   #31 
              - there are those who say that they *are* mutually exclusive.  ulysses   Oct-07-07 04:05 PM   #32 
                 - Do you think they are?  Katzenkavalier   Oct-07-07 04:45 PM   #35 
                    - that the Dem majority and the left are mutually exclusive? no.  ulysses   Oct-07-07 04:58 PM   #37 
  - Other.  LWolf   Oct-06-07 08:56 PM   #9 
  - Questions  Sparkly   Oct-07-07 04:52 PM   #36 
     - Answers:  LWolf   Oct-07-07 05:43 PM   #38 
  - I think the "base"  Mz Pip   Oct-06-07 09:12 PM   #11 
  - Another "other" I have no...  TreasonousBastard   Oct-06-07 10:19 PM   #13 
  - unions. single women, blacks, GLBT, civil libertarians, pro-choice voters., et al.  Kurt_and_Hunter   Oct-06-07 10:41 PM   #14 
  - The democratic wing of the party.  ozone_man   Oct-06-07 11:04 PM   #15 
  - The Base  DemocratSinceBirth   Oct-07-07 06:01 AM   #16 
  - You nailed it!  Grandrose   Oct-07-07 09:33 AM   #18 
  - The Republican Base  DemocratSinceBirth   Oct-07-07 02:45 PM   #22 
  - Where do poor folks fit in?  bobbolink   Oct-07-07 02:51 PM   #24 
     - They Would Fall Under The "Working Class Folks" Category  DemocratSinceBirth   Oct-07-07 02:56 PM   #25 
        - Not all poor folk are working.  bobbolink   Oct-07-07 02:59 PM   #26 
           - I'm Sorry  DemocratSinceBirth   Oct-07-07 03:04 PM   #27 
              - Thank you. I agree with your quote... the problem is that we don't get included or mentioned.  bobbolink   Oct-07-07 03:52 PM   #28 
                 - I Liked The Lesson Joe Kennedy Taught His Kids...  DemocratSinceBirth   Oct-07-07 04:06 PM   #33 
                    - We need a hand........ and a heart!  bobbolink   Oct-07-07 04:26 PM   #34 
  - I don't think it's a well defined term.  Donald Ian Rankin   Oct-07-07 09:26 AM   #17 
  - Energizing The Base  lamprey   Oct-07-07 10:30 AM   #19 
  - LWolf is correct upthread.  ulysses   Oct-07-07 02:26 PM   #20 
  - The "base" are those without power, without a voice.  bobbolink   Oct-07-07 02:49 PM   #23 
 

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