Reply #58: One reason why Democracts aren't more widely supported is that the DLC and the Blue Dogs...

[Tesha]

...ensure that the Democrats are perceived as not actually
standing for anything. They do this by holding and quite
publicly espousing Republican policies as though those
policies were the policies of actual Democrats, leaving
people confused and believing that we don't actually
stand for anything.

Letting those Republicans in Donkey's clothing go (or
defeating them in primaries) would do a lot to clarify
what we *DO* stand for and exactly who would benefit
from *ACTUAL* Democratic progressive policies.

Tesha