Open Left

Obviously that's a bad time to split

If, by joining a major political party, progressives can "take it over" with respect to an important and controversial political issue, it's time to join in. But, often that's not the case. When we're not able to take control due to excessive influence by corporate contributors and corporate-controlled media, a real threat to defect may force the powers in control of the party to make real, meaningful, concessions. And we have to defect occasionally or the threat isn't meaningful, which they will figure that out fairly quickly.

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by: FairEconomist @ Sun Jul 05, 2009 at 12:09:02 PM CDT