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polichick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-11 12:28 PM
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8. That's where we are! At least a few Dems are standing up to fight:
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But senior lawmakers such as Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (Nev.) and Sen. Charles E. Schumer (N.Y.) are lining up against them, arguing that tampering with Social Security would harm the elderly — as well as the political fortunes of Democrats hoping to maintain control of the White House and the Senate in 2012.

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  -THE THIRD WAY is the biggest threat to the Democratic Party polichick  Mar-25-11 12:20 PM   #0 
  - Is it the old DLC under a new name?  Sanity Claws   Mar-25-11 12:25 PM   #1 
  - That's what it looks like.  polichick   Mar-25-11 12:25 PM   #3 
  - I agree... n/t  nebenaube   Mar-25-11 12:25 PM   #2 
  - I agree --- My reply:  Armstead   Mar-25-11 12:26 PM   #4 
  - That's where we are! At least a few Dems are standing up to fight:  polichick   Mar-25-11 12:28 PM   #8 
  - Centrist Dem think tank my butt! Most of those issues are Republican planks.  Buzz Clik   Mar-25-11 12:26 PM   #5 
  - To me it just looks like an infiltration.  polichick   Mar-25-11 12:36 PM   #12 
  - Invasion of the  Cameron27   Mar-25-11 01:57 PM   #25 
     - So is the party salvageable?  polichick   Mar-25-11 02:16 PM   #26 
        - I don't know,  Cameron27   Mar-25-11 04:01 PM   #32 
  - "Centrist Dems"  Jackpine Radical   Mar-25-11 01:02 PM   #20 
  - I agree those orgs are not centrist by a long shot.  LiberalFighter   Mar-25-11 03:20 PM   #29 
  - I am in complete agreement  Autumn   Mar-25-11 12:27 PM   #6 
  - I'm with you - I won't belong to it and their time if running short...  polichick   Mar-25-11 12:38 PM   #13 
  - At this point - I don't know how you get rid.  xchrom   Mar-25-11 12:27 PM   #7 
  - At this point I accept that the party may not be salvageable...  polichick   Mar-25-11 12:36 PM   #11 
  - 3rd Way = Corporatism  LiberalEsto   Mar-25-11 12:29 PM   #9 
  - Yep - maybe the goal is one corporate party.  polichick   Mar-25-11 12:43 PM   #14 
     - The problem, IMO, is that too many actually believe in that crap  Armstead   Mar-25-11 12:47 PM   #15 
        - I don't know if those pushing it are foolish Dems or fake Dems...  polichick   Mar-25-11 12:52 PM   #16 
           - Probably both....But I believe a lot of it is misguided  Armstead   Mar-25-11 01:15 PM   #23 
  - Depressing. They are stabbing the good guys in the back.  Peregrine Took   Mar-25-11 12:30 PM   #10 
  - Then you'd better hope that Hillary doesn't run for president again. Or a DLCer like Schweitzer...  ClarkUSA   Mar-25-11 12:56 PM   #17 
  - We agree on this - imo the DLC and Third Way SUCK...  polichick   Mar-25-11 01:00 PM   #18 
  - Oh, please. Obama is more "3rd way" than HRC, and that's saying a lot.  LWolf   Mar-26-11 01:04 PM   #59 
  - Lot of unrecs - looks like DU is A-okay with the Third Way.  polichick   Mar-25-11 01:01 PM   #19 
  - The deficit is only a "powerful political issue" because the repubs made it one!  bluethruandthru   Mar-25-11 01:13 PM   #21 
  - We need Dem leaders to call them on their bullshit - not echo it...  polichick   Mar-25-11 01:14 PM   #22 
  - You're right but I think we're just about fresh out of "real" Dems.  bluethruandthru   Mar-25-11 03:02 PM   #27 
     - The perfect time for a new populist movement!  polichick   Mar-25-11 03:13 PM   #28 
     - There are plenty of real Dems, even in Congress  Armstead   Mar-26-11 11:52 AM   #52 
        - It doesn't seem to be "their party" anymore - maybe the sooner we all...  polichick   Mar-26-11 12:02 PM   #54 
           - Realistically we should have four parties in a more parliamentary system  Armstead   Mar-26-11 12:39 PM   #57 
              - Wouldn't that be nice?! As it is, both parties are mostly lined up against the people...  polichick   Mar-26-11 12:45 PM   #58 
  - The deficit IS a big issue. I'm not happy about $300B+ in yearly interest payments.  RUMMYisFROSTED   Mar-26-11 10:48 AM   #48 
  - How did they get so stupid?  Politicalboi   Mar-25-11 01:19 PM   #24 
  - It's going to take  Cameron27   Mar-25-11 04:18 PM   #33 
  - Third Way knows Social Security can be easily fixed. That's why these people cannot be trusted.  flpoljunkie   Mar-25-11 03:32 PM   #30 
  - That's right; they can't be trusted - they're not on the side of the people.  polichick   Mar-26-11 07:34 AM   #35 
  - We have a REVENUE problem. Not a deficit problem.  Fuddnik   Mar-25-11 03:33 PM   #31 
  - Third Way was Bubba's thing, he > DLC, like it or not.  elleng   Mar-25-11 04:37 PM   #34 
  - Many don't like it -- Third Way gave us the Crash of 2008  Armstead   Mar-26-11 10:00 AM   #40 
     - Right.  elleng   Mar-26-11 10:03 AM   #41 
        - I beg to differ  Armstead   Mar-26-11 10:12 AM   #43 
           - Yes, Arm, I agreed with YOUR posts 40 + 43!!  elleng   Mar-26-11 10:40 AM   #47 
              - Sorry --- I think I misinterpreted interpreted that post I responded to  Armstead   Mar-26-11 11:48 AM   #50 
                 - Thought so!  elleng   Mar-26-11 11:52 AM   #51 
  - K&R  MissDeeds   Mar-26-11 08:11 AM   #36 
  - The Third Way IS the leadership of the Democratic Party  Stoic   Mar-26-11 08:26 AM   #37 
  - I still believe in the big tent for the Democratic party.  robcon   Mar-26-11 08:55 AM   #38 
  - Big tent, yes.....But Third Way and Moderate are not the same  Armstead   Mar-26-11 09:57 AM   #39 
  - Right, but as stated in another thread, 'conservative' is the wrong term,  elleng   Mar-26-11 10:09 AM   #42 
  - My own phrase to distinguish it is CONservative  Armstead   Mar-26-11 12:04 PM   #55 
  - I think there's a contradiction there.  robcon   Mar-26-11 12:00 PM   #53 
     - The problem is one-size fits-all political labels  Armstead   Mar-26-11 12:17 PM   #56 
  - If you like con men, they're great.  polichick   Mar-26-11 10:28 AM   #44 
  - Third Way is a huge problem  ProSense   Mar-26-11 10:34 AM   #45 
  - Also the biggest threat to American way of life.  Jakes Progress   Mar-26-11 10:36 AM   #46 
     - True - Republicans are one thing, but this is a fox in the hen house situation.  polichick   Mar-26-11 11:21 AM   #49 
        - Yep. We were supposed to be the check to their greed.  Jakes Progress   Mar-26-11 02:19 PM   #60 
 

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