Reply #58: What it tends to show

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Is that people are dissatisfied with Democrats in general, as opposed to the OP's false claim that only Dems like Feingold are losing (or losing "worse") because independents don't like how liberal they are, which has no factual support whatsoever.

Now usually when people are dissatisfied with a political leader or party, it's because that leader or party has failed to meet the positive goals they promised to achieve, or otherwise that conditions are poor and the party that's in control of things takes the blame. (This would be particularly true of people who have no specific allegiance to any party, i.e., "independents" - wouldn't you say?) Yes, it is my opinion that a major reason conditions are not improving for the vast majority is that the party in general has been too ready to compromise with and kowtow to those whose interests are opposed to the vast majority of the population, and the result has been mediocre policies that do little to address vast structural problems. Now, you may hold a different opinion about WHY these policy failures have occurred, but the fact remains that "BLAME THE LIBRULSSS!!!1111!" is not the correct answer.