Reply #268: Perhaps your candidates cost you elections?

[GihrenZabi]

Perhaps the spinelessness of the Democratic Party and their being "Republican Lite" in actuality lose them elections?

You can't rally opposition IF YOU DON'T ACT LIKE AN OPPOSITION!

When the hell are Democrats going to realize that unless and until they turn back to the Left they will never, EVER, hold commanding amounts of political power for more than the time it takes them to undo whatever damage the previous Republican administration did?

Only this time, they won't be able to because the problems we face require truly progressive, and perhaps radical, solutions - the Dems won't do it, so Obama will get elected, the Dems will control congress, Congressional approval ratings will continue to plummet, if Obama attempts to hold the center things will get worse, and in four years America will say "Gee, perhaps we should give the Republicans another try" when they campaign about how useless the Dems have been.

OR, the Dems could turn Left, enact some of those radical changes like pulling the rug out from Big Oil and getting us on a meaningful path to energy independence, ending corporate welfare, and perhaps instituting some REFORM in government; salary caps, term limits, voting rights - all of which may motivate scores of Americans to get involved in the process again?