Reply #42: Monolithic politics [View All]

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I have known and have actively worked for many Dem campaigns. Some were liberal; some were not so liberal. We all ought to know by now that sometimes what is important is the balance of power and not what a person believes on any one issue. So I've supported any number of Dem candidates with whom I had substantial disagreements on issues.

It's nice to dream of a totally liberal Dem party, but it's just not going to happen unless we start doing things like the Christian Coalition in 1980. Once we stoop to those patently undemocratic techniques, we may as well give in to what we have in the White House now.

I am a very liberal person and I want Dems to be liberal, but I am not willing to say that other opinions are not welcome.