"Once you get off of the social issues abortion, gay rights, guns and into the economic issues,"

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28. He's not saying give up those issues. He's talking about focus.

I think he has a point. Gay marriage, abortion, etc., can still be worked on and supported. But I do think the Dem Party has been sidetracked into focusing more and more on the social issues, to the detriment of focusing on basic economics, as well as Social Security and Medicare.

This is one reason why the Dems lost some votes in key states (if they DID really lose those votes).

The Dem Party can walk and chew gum at the same time. By all means continue supporting the social issues, but start focusing on the bread and butter more. The economic issues greatly affect everyone, and they have been somewhat put aside.

There's nothing wrong with saying we should increase the focus on economic issues. Gay marriage - it's legal, now. Abortion - tenuous, and being chipped away at. This can become a focus when a bill is passed attempting to restrict or abolish it (and there will be). LGBT - The Dem Party has gone above and beyond supporting the LGBT issues.

But coming up soon will be an enormous attack on Social Security, Medicare, health care, taxes. The Dems had better be focused like an arrow on those things, or we could all lose big.