Reply #12: Don't know how many people belong to the DLC [View All]

[MadHound]

But the entire party feels their influence. But the development of the two party/same corporate master system of government that we're operating under now has been ongoing for most of my life, sad to say. It is one thing that was brought home to me forcefully when I first became politically active on the McGovern campaign. McGovern was an unexpected nominee, Muskie was supposed to be the torchbearer in '72. But his breakdown on the campaign trail pretty much shot that down, so McGovern swooped in and snagged the nod. Sadly, he was too liberal for virtually all of the party's bigwigs, so they withheld their money and help, letting him sink or swim on his own. That's why he failed so badly against Nixon. It became apparent to me then that both parties were essentially pushing the same positions, and that has only become worse ever since.