Reply #14: Agreed, but [View All]

[Az]

First off, I am voting Kerry. As my sig pic suggests I would be more comfortable voting for someone else. But the problem here is one of systems.

The DLC champions a tactic of selecting candidates that appeal to the center to win over the moderates and undecideds. This is a good idea in the short term but disasterous over time. As more and more centerist candidates clog the Democratic party the voices of those who would make real change become drowned out. Where once there were leftist candidates simply addressing themself to moderates we now have a crop of moderates to conservatives determining our path. Long term use of this "We gotta win" tactic just turns us into repuke lite.

Yes the train has to slow down before it changes direction. But the engineers need to know where they are taking the train when they can turn it. No one is speaking about the troubles or the cliff ahead. We need leaders with a clear vision of what is wrong. A leader is not someone that follows the people. A leader is someone that gets the people to follow them.