Skinner and admins, I don’t think your rule clarifications deal with the core problem here in DU.

[rhett o rick]

I greatly appreciate your hard work to make DU a place for decent political discussion. However, I don’t think your rules deal with the major problem here in DU. There are two distinct factions of Democrats here in DU that have major disagreements on policy.

As the Republican Party dies off, many conservatives are fleeing to the Democratic Party. Major corporations are smart enough to recognize that owning the Republican Party lock, stock and barrel isn’t enough to guarantee favorable legislation. The corporatists have turned to the Democratic Party for support and are being welcomed by quite a number with open arms (and hands out), especially by the New-Democrats (the conservatives). Those of us that support the core Old-Democratic principles see this trend as a huge threat to the Democratic Party. It is no longer appropriate to say Democrats good and Republicans bad. There is a growing number of bad Democrats (DINO's) that vote Republican. There I said it. So your rules do not deal with the problem that we have progressive Democrats vs. conservative Democrats (Republicans in Democrat clothing).
You made a comment about supporting constructive discussion re. the DLC, yet I have found that the consera-Dems, blue dog DINO’s, and/or the DLC sympathizers here in DU will not discuss their agenda or their stands on issues. They will not answer questions like why wont Pres Obama fix the corrupt Bush DOJ? or why oh why wont he dump DADT? Or why not fix the Patriot Act? End domestic spying, end the horrible wars, stop rendition, close Guantanamo, prosecute war criminals, etc. They seem only capable of attacking those of us that are trying to hold our Pres accountable to core Democratic principles, and telling us that we shouldnt be attacking those in our own party.