Centrists should want a Left of Center Democratic Party

[CreekDog]

Because of inevitable compromise with Republicans and with Blue Dog Democrats, the only way to end up with centrist policies, the debate has to be between the left and the right.

If the debate is between Centrist Democrats and Republicans, the balance point between those is Republican, right of center policies.

Right of center policies involve big compromises to the safety net, to the rights of women, the rights of minorities, and protection of the environment among others.

A strong left of center Democratic Party and left of center negotiation stances are key to ensuring truly centrist policies result.

[pinto]

1. Good point.

:hi:

[RandomThoughts]

2. If they were Democrats.

That is the whole thing.

The fact that the blue dogs run to Republican votes makes them more coasters, riding the name but not the policies.

Obviously many supporters of corporate agenda were recruited, and if not part of that, were not moved into positions to get elected.

Remember the Republican 'loyalty test' during Bush years, those probably extended far out into other sectors of economy and politics.

Even some of the most left reporters have said that their are only some left issue on the table, social issues, when it comes to who decides social policy on spending, the far right corporate factions dig in, and honestly would rather end everything with scorched earth then budge.

So it going to have to get ugly, because the crusty far right don't budge. They believe things like the person with the most will wins. And that if you give an inch you give a mile, and that the winner is the hardest. And they believe it is about winning at any cost. Think about some 70 year old person with nothing really happy in life, and trying to prove some worth of the mistakes of economic cold war over the last decades, having to admit he was wrong. He isn't gong to admit that.

Stuff like that, so it is a complicated situation.

Think about it, they have not corrected the easiest of corrections, the beer and travel money due to me, how do you think they going to run a society, they can't and they wont.

[dkf]

3. We are in such a fiscal hole I don't think the right or the left is going to be happy.

Everything will have to be chopped. All taxes will have to be raised on everyone.

[craigmatic]

4. Good point but centrists don't know what they want.