The new "Me Too-ism"-and a prediction that liberals will take back the Democratic Party

[Ardent15]

In the 1950s, conservative Republicans were in the wilderness, for the Republican Party was dominated by people like President Eisenhower and the moderate Eastern wing of the party. Conservatives called the philosophy that Republicans like Eisenhower embraced "Me Too-ism."

Then, in 1964, the Republicans nominated Mr. Conservative-Senator Barry Goldwater. They lost in a landslide, but the stage was set for a gradual conservative takeover of the GOP, culminating in the election of Ronald Reagan as President in 1980.

After that, the 1980s saw the beaten Democrats create the Democratic Leadership Council-which is the new "Me Too-ism." Only, instead of Republicans embracing liberal ideas, it was Democrats embracing CONSERVATIVE ideas.

I see Clinton and Obama as a mirror of Eisenhower and Nixon-people who threw some bones to the liberals in campaigns, but governed from a centrist position that tilted towards the opposing party.

And I think that the grassroots network that Obama's campaign created, much like the grassroots network that propelled Goldwater to the nomination for the GOP in 1964, will come back and elect a true liberal Democrat from the liberal wing of the Democratic Party.

So, all is not lost. There is still hope, and we will elect a liberal Democratic President within the next few decades. That's my prediction.

[greymattermom]

1. young people are the key

All of the 20 somethings I know are much more liberal than their parents, and they are the lost generation for jobs, working temp jobs with no benefits until their 30s, even the college grads.

[tabbycat31]

6. I'm almost 30

and I never had a job with benefits. All the jobs I applied to that required a college degree when I lived in NY were not good enough cause my competition had a degree from Harvard.

I lost my job in 2008 (banking) and went back to school (I got the state to pay for it through unemployment). I'm scared of job prospects now. My parents have no idea what I'm going through because it never happened to them.

[midnight]

2. Every little bit helps.

[Yurovsky]

3. The DLC damn near killed the party...

I hope they either close up shop or go ahead and just join the goddamn GOP.

[Snow Bird]

4. I'm really not sure that the liberals ever had the Democratic Party

to take back. When do you consider that the party was controlled by liberals? I've been around for more than 60 years and maybe my memory is failing me.

[timeforpeace]

5. Must be a newby.