"Has the Democratic Party moved too far to the left?" [View All]

[kentuck]

We should address that issue before the nomination and the election, because if, God forbid, the Democrat should lose, that will be the question asked. They will say Dean was too much like McGovern. Or Kerry was a Massachusetts liberal. Or it was the "civil unions". Or it was their support for all the "minorities". Or something else.

But it is my opinion that our Party has not moved to the left enough to notice. They have yet to call for a "real" progressive tax. They have yet to call for a single-payer healthcare program, at least not from the "major" candidates. They are not going to support "gay marriages". They have not made any great reform plans for campaign financing. There are many issues that they could move to the "left" on, but they have stayed pretty close to the center, in my opinion. So, when they say the Democratic Party moved too far to left, I think we can honestly say, "No, they didn't move far enough to the left."