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[Chili]

"Blacks, workers and social welfare have no more of a chance in a New Democratic administration than a Republican one."

I'm not naive at all. On the contrary, I see very clearly. Why do you think that is, that there's no chance ANY party will reach out to them? Because we live in America, and in America, the majority rules. The people who really want social change are in the minority - and in fact usually ARE minorities. And politicians, to our everlasting dismay, or, in your case, disgust, don't have enough power to change that, no matter how much they may want to. You reach too far into the neglected constituency, and you alienate those further towards the center - and no matter how much any of us don't like it, the fact is we need them to gain power. That IS a fact. The Democratic party is, by definition, the party of inclusion, and that means that even the moderates must be considered. Nothing gets done without them, and nothing gets done without the minority and labor votes. We're stuck with each other. Without representation, nobody gets anything.

It's a lose/lose situation most times, but, someday, someday that may change. In the meantime, I'm not going to risk destroying the only party that let's us INTO the party by trying to force self-destructive reforms at a time when the most important thing is to get our policies into the game. Right now, we're locked out. We have nothing. We have to get IN to make any changes at all. And most importantly, take back the House and the Senate - at least one of them. Another 4 years of Bush and a Republican congress would be the most disastrous to those very people we're talking about. That must be avoided at all costs.