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The Repubs spent the 80s recruiting the Religious Right into their party. This was a block that previously either 1) didn't vote or 2) voted for conservative Democrats. Just look what it did for them. Even though they're still not the majority party in this nation, they've were able to dominate most national elections for the last two decades of the 20th Century.

I hate to say it, but the Dems need to look to the tacticts the Repubs used to re-energize their party, post-Nixon/Ford. They need to go after the leftward "fringe", and get them involved in the process. I'm quite sure a lot of the moderates don't agree with the fringees on many issues-- but how many times do you see Olympia Snowe agreeing with Pat Robertson, who are both Republicans?

The Democratic party needs a serious kick in the ass. It needs to reach out to those who haven't supported them in the past because the party has been afraid of being seen as "too liberal". Right now in this country, we've got two center-right parties, and the left is completely unrepresented. We can do better.