Reply #92: it's not a fact that he's moving to the right. he's doing precisely what

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he said he'd do for the last 18 months. If you didn't pay attention, than that's a shame, but it doesn't make it true that he's moved to the right.

And I hope that no one feels the need to leave the democratic party, but if they do, they do. One thing I refuse to do is to cede the designation of the left to any given group. I've worked for liberal and progressive causes for decades. I'm as much a part of the left as you are.

I find it troubling that some folks think that the left is this narrow little niche that excludes anyone who doesn't adhere to a Counterpunch style political philosophy and prefers Bernie Sanders, say, to Dennis Kucinich.