Reply #28: Progressives would LOVE to see moderates emphasize economic issues,

[Lydia Leftcoast]

but they need to do so in a populist style that speaks to uninformed voters.

We need national health care, measures discouraging overseas outsourcing, repair and modernization of our national infrastructure, support for alternatives to the automobile and alternatives to oil, incentives for affordable housing, etc.

Most of all, we need to have a party that has its own ideas, forcibly defended, and simply explained. We need a party that takes the side of ordinary people instead of the rich and powerful.

The "moderates" have been rolling over and whimpering for the Republicans for 25 years, and look where it's gotten us.