Reply #4: Why blame it on the DLC? [View All]

[TreasonousBastard]

The country has been getting further away from leftwing postions for years. A rightwinger can easily get elected most places, but there are few areas where a leftwinger can. Running moderates is reacting to the voters. It's called democracy.

Another problem has been the shift of Dixiecrats to the Republican party. They always were Republicans, but couldn't run on that line. Now they can, and we lost seats to them. I'm not sure we really care, though, since they got in the way more often than not.

More and more people are seeing Republicrats-- no difference between the parties, and, if they vote at all, can't be appealed to by traditional positions or platforms. They might be attracted to a particular candidate, or might find one party somewhat more odious than the other. The spinmeisters have managed to hit Democrats with the "blame" for welfare queens, lousy defense and security, coddling criminals, government interference, wasted foreign aid, other generic waste, etc, so guess who becomes the slightly more odious party?

The pendulum will eventually swing back, but I think the general rule of thumb is still that Republicans rule in times of plenty, and Democrats rule in times of pain.

Somehow, we have to get the message out that Democrats can actually run things, and Republicans are not the saviors of American money and values.