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Stinky The Clown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 02:04 AM
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30. To "kick out" the DLC ... or the far left .... is not the answer at all
To do either - or both - would result in either a significantly diminished party or to have three parties competing for a similar slice of the electorate. Any of those scenarios is political death for all involved. Nothing will be gained except the salving of certain egos.

It seems to me far better to change the party leadership. In much the way the far right has taken over the republican party with a death grip, so has the DLC taken over the Democrats. But a change in leadership should not be in the form of a purge. We need every voter we can get. If some of the DLC go to the other party as a result of a more democratic Democratic party, it would be sad. I suspect most would stay however, and move, grudgingly perhaps, in the direction of the larger party.
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