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In reply to the discussion: Democratic Socialists or main stream Dems. We've been electing "main streamers" for over 50 years and for [View all]
iluvtennis
(21,564 posts)36. Well said @yardwork. n/t
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Democratic Socialists or main stream Dems. We've been electing "main streamers" for over 50 years and for [View all]
3Hotdogs
Thursday
OP
Centrist Democrat incumbents got beat. The voters have always leaned left of center.
ihaveaquestion
Thursday
#30
The Democratic party is still in the middle of the road, Democratic voters have passed them up .
Autumn
Thursday
#58
I WAS that guy ("be realistic; think pragmatically"), and I'm still that guy when it comes to the General and voting for
Grown2Hate
Thursday
#82
Their insults and accusations had no teeth, and no plausibility. The absurdity allowed them to be easily dismissed...
QueerDuck
23 hrs ago
#112
It passed the House, couldn't pass in Senate because needed 60 votes and couldn't get them.
betsuni
Thursday
#86
Republican playbook: 100% obstruction, Democrats without huge majorities like FDR, convince idiots to blame Dems.
betsuni
Yesterday
#98
So the public option was excluded from the Affordable Care Act (ACA) because Democrats lacked
Emile
Yesterday
#97
Everyone forgets our own Dem Sen. Max Baucus nixed it right out of the box...
ms liberty
Yesterday
#105
Your statement is incorrect. Have you forgotten the ADA, ACA, the Family and
sinkingfeeling
Thursday
#6
When Dems control both houses of Congress and the presidency, they have accomplished quite a bit
Martin Eden
Thursday
#7
Because most Dems do not trust DSA types and a lot of DSA's are unrealistic about how politics works.
LymphocyteLover
Thursday
#10
A Muslim Socialist won in a city that has the biggest Jewish population in the world
TVguyCards
Thursday
#61
Dem Socialists/progressives have run in recent years and not done that great in rural areas but I've nothing against the
LymphocyteLover
Thursday
#65
By DSA-type I am referring to DSA people but also certain leftists and progressive Dems that may not be officially with
LymphocyteLover
19 hrs ago
#120
I don't have any huge problem with DSA policy-wise, as long as they vote for Dems in the general election,
LymphocyteLover
19 hrs ago
#121
and I'm not against that at all! Still they are not Democrats and they do create division in the Dem party.
LymphocyteLover
19 hrs ago
#123
I agree most Democrats like a lot of the progressive social policies that DSA promotes. I do too.
LymphocyteLover
18 hrs ago
#124
this is BS, though I don't know exactly what you mean by "mainstreamers"
LymphocyteLover
Thursday
#9
Centrists, establishment, moderate, status quo, neoliberal, mainstreamer. Means capitalism. Capitalism bad.
betsuni
Thursday
#81
The reich-wing mass media machine has demonized anything for the public good as "socialism."
Mysterian
Thursday
#11
I caught a few minutes of The Five on Fox last night just to see the reaction to NY. For these people "socialism"
OGBuzz
Thursday
#15
Reminder: data shows that most voters who identify as "moderates" actually prefer progressive policies
Fiendish Thingy
Thursday
#18
I'm all in - traditional Democrat or Progressive Democrat - I'll be supporting them. n/t
iluvtennis
Thursday
#27
The Democratic Socialists actually have a higher approval rating than Congressional Democrats
AZProgressive
Thursday
#47
"Mainstream" democrats have made it so that I can afford health insurance (ACA).
LudwigPastorius
Thursday
#50
Uh the OP is point blank saying Democrats haven't accomplished anything since Medicare.
BannonsLiver
22 hrs ago
#116
All of us are democratic socialists to one degree or another (small d, small s), but MSM and pundits are
wiggs
Thursday
#56
Manchin & Sinema are gone (thank God), but Fetterman is still there, voting with the GOP whenever he can.
red dog 1
Thursday
#72
So true, and makes one wonder just what some expect to accomplish by divisive posts like this OP blaming all the
lostincalifornia
Thursday
#85
Still see idea that people are forced to vote for Republicans/3rd party because Democrats aren't progressive enough.
betsuni
Yesterday
#109
Democratic Socialists or main stream Dems. We've been electing "main streamers" for over 50 years and for
warmfeet
Thursday
#79
Some might argue that the DSA gave us bush in 2000 thanks to Nader, trump in 2016 with the help of
lostincalifornia
Thursday
#83
Some might argue that the democratic socialists kept getting yelled at to join the Democratic Party, and so they did.
Iggo
Yesterday
#89
Same fact-free myth that the Democratic Party has shifted to the right over the decades. Zero evidence.
betsuni
Yesterday
#94
I think it doesn't have to be one way or the other - why not have a diverse set of ideas?
walkingman
Yesterday
#110
ACA. But More To The Point: If You Think ANYONE, EVEN JESUS HIMSELF, Could Get Elected With.....
ColoringFool
21 hrs ago
#118