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Progressive Block / Splitting equals losing / Splitting part II

     It looks like Bowers agrees with me, about reforming the Dems.
    Many people feel that the Dems today are like the Repubs of about 1970 (see the post "The Crazy Party"). The question is what to do about it.
Here are some of the "solutions" I have heard here, and my view on each:

1) Sit around, whine, moan, and do nothing - I think this is not productive.
2) Vigorously support 3rd parties, especially in close races, so that the Repubs will win, and this will "teach Dems a lesson" - I think this is counterproductive, and is the second worst thing we can do (the worst thing being an actual vote for a Repub.)
3) Blindly rubberstamp everything Obama and the Dems do, and encourage them to take us for granted, so that the liberal Repubs will be coveted swing voters - I think this is not productive.
4) Reform the Dems from within. Primary the DINO's, and give most (or all) support to prog. Dems, and little or none to moderates - Bingo. This is the winning strategy.

    I recently posted a Quick Hit ("Splitting equals losing..."), and it got over 100 replies. Since it was getting too long, I posted a Diary ("Splitting part II..."), which has about 10 replies so far.
    I think that this discussion (what the Dems should be vs. what they are today, and how to empower Progressives, within or outside of the Dem party) is one of the most important discussions we can have. I hope that Bowers posts more about this topic, and I encourage everyone to join me at "Splitting part II...".

1 Corinthians 13:1 (KJV) - "Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal."/ GOP = Greedy Old Privatizers or Greedy Old Privateers?

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by: Christian_Dem_NY @ Wed Jul 01, 2009 at 07:45:36 AM CDT