Reply #89: I don't agree that this is the fault of moderates [View All]

[Donald Ian Rankin]

Clinton: moderate; two terms in office
Gore: more progressive but picked Lieberman as running mate; should have won election.
Kerry: still more liberal; lost popular vote.

Gay marriage cost the Democrats far more votes than anything the moderates did, and support for the war in Iraq picked up a great many.


And in response to the claim that administration is not interested in giving away anything in return: that doesn't matter. The idea isn't to compromise with the Republican leadership, it's to compromise with their voters.