Democrats new direction?
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To try to fix what Bush has done to harm the country.
827612
It's ending right now. If the Democrats don't take a majority in both houses as predicted, they will certainly make gains. The pendulum is starting to swing the other way. Now all the Democrats need to do is nominate a strong presidential candidate who won't let himself (or herself) be defined by the Republicans.
795268
Sure the democrats are smarter than the republicans, but I would like to suggest anyone be an independent thinker instead of a party member. Each party has its pros and cons.
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The democrats can't come up with one good one now can they?
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Exactly, dems have blown it already with their relentless negativity and lack of realistic solutions to our problems. What they really need to do is excise their extremist faction so they can attract more swing voters. Unfortunately, the economy is damn good (hell, my unemployed roommate so a new F150 on credit). So they don't have that to fall back in.\n\nI want Dems like Roosevelt and Jack Kennedy. Not anti-American whiners who think nothing is winnable and run around like Chicken Little all day long.
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I often wonder why the Dem's dont produce a good platform of their own, instead of being purely anti-republican.  If they actually focused on positives that they would bring to the nation, I think they'd get more support
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The democratic party is defeating themselves by moving to the socialist party.\n\nNo on in the USA wants that at all!!!!
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The democrats are very much like the old Soviet Union.  Whatever position the American administration took, the Soviet's would automatically take the opposite position.  The democrats do the same thing.\n\nNotice Hillary lately as she nudges her way to a more moderate stance.  This is her way of separating herself from the rest of the field, and by taking a moderate posture, she becomes a smaller target for her adversaries, on both sides of the aisle.  What she fails to realize is everyone can see her rather transparent tactics.  They ( she and Bill) used these same tactics against Bob Dole in the 1996 presidential run.  They were successful with it back then, but most people remember the tactic and won't fall for it again.\n\nThe democrats know damned good and well that we can't pull out of Iraq until this thing is done, besides with all the turmoil in the middle east we are and have many resources in place in case we need them elsewhere.   i.e. Iran, Syria, Afghanistan, etc.
629648
Hypocrat? Is that some new kind of democrat?
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The Democrat party has come back with Conservative Democrats as I am. Corruption of the GOP has ruined their chances for quite some time with the immoral values and scandals that will have to be sorted out to bring back any trust in them. That is why the bi-partisanship vote came out November 7th, and Congress is now majority Democrat. Ultimate power corrupts, and those you have named are the victimizers of the corruption.
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I think they have increased, Nancy Pelosi (I don't know how to spell her name) says she will not work with the Republicans and she can't wait to have a lame duck President. If she is the future of the Democratic party they are headed even further downhill then I thought. I did notice that the Democrat running for US Senate in Tn. is more of a Republican then a Democrat his only issue I saw that matches the Dem's is Universal health care plan.
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I haven't seen any up-and-coming democrats.  I'm starting to get worried.  The party is still unfocussed, and right now there are marvelous opportunities with so many in the republican party under investigation or in other trouble - the demos need to take action!  \n\nbtw – thanks for your nice answer to my question tonight!  I like you, you’re cool.
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Majority yes!!!- are Democrats...but I see a shift towards the REBUBLICAN party...who knows the reason...among my BLACK  & WHITE  friends  is a trend....latelly they just vote for the man or woman ...they ignore the party...I wish the rest of us follow their example.
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In my opinion the Democrats of JFK's day were more moderate and the center has shifted over the years. I could go on all day  about this but just some highlights of my view on this.  In the 50s and 60s democrats like JFK went to church and believed more in family values. Today they have shifted more to freedom choice to do what you want and Republicans have moved out of their elitist position and more toward the center. Far right and far left have become more radical and opposed. Immigrants in those day came to America in search of democracy and generally gravitated to the Democratic party because they believed that other parties did not stand for democracy. Although that's not true. Today those that have educated themselves, I believe gravitate to the values of the republican party. Thus the Republicans have become the new democrats. JFK was a moderate, strong on defense issues and family values despite his indiscretions. As Attorney General Robert Kennedy went after crime aggressively. Republicans were more about money and power. Things have changed.
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A change in the power structure. When Democrats take control of either the House or Senate, it will be a whole new ballgame.
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The Democrats may have more members, but there were several middle-of-the-road, true Democrats, elected this time around instead of the Liberals posing as Democrats.  I think there will be desention among the ranks there.  But they don't "rule".  Thank God for the power of VETO!!!!
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Well now hear this from one old man lmao. \nAt one time the Democrats were for the working people, and the working people knew it.\nBut somewhere along the line they drifted off in a direction that leads them to not helping working class anymore but helping with the programs that only few can get.\nJust look at all there programs out there that the Democrats have make in all the past years and please tell me one that a working man or woman can get on.\nYes we need to help the poor but we do not need to have them lead us.\n\nSo I say the silent majority will win again, cause most of us are now Republicans.