Reply #548: You misread...

[Aleric]

I've never said I want to tear the party down. I *am* willing to give up on it, there is a difference. I want the party to come back to the left, If that's not possible, I must search elsewhere for representation. Maybe I won;t find it but there is little point to supporting a party that no more represents me than the Republicans. Will this tear the party down? Hardly. Like the market the party will slowly decline until it finds its soul again and moves leftward. Then people will return to it.

Besides, the party is not the core of the left. It is an appendage. If it is cut off a new one will grow in its place.