Reply #5: Triangulate. Somewhere the left and the middle agree upon. [View All]

[Selatius]

For instance, minimum wage or increasing the EITC to help the poor.

An honest debate on universal health care, since polls done since the 1990s have consistently shown most Americans, somewhere in the 60 percent range, support this.

Inserting labor and environmental protections into free trade bills.

Passing a clean elections law.

Raising fuel efficiency standards.

Funding research into alternative fuels

Increase funding into the Pell Grant program for poor college students.

Setting a timetable for withdrawal of troops from Iraq.

And so on and so forth.

You can be a leftist and govern the country. Just look at how successful FDR was. You just have to pursue policies that most people would support.