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In reply to the discussion: The war on the "far left" is an effort to move the Democratic Party to the right. [View all]dawg
(10,622 posts)It broke the one it had, by fostering racism, sexism, homophobia, and religious intolerance. It knows the crazies are on the verge of vesting control away from the "responsible" businessmen who know how things must be run.
So that's where we come in.
Many of the *real* professional Dems have figured out that they can garner almost as much support from big business and Wall Street as the Republicans by supporting progressive social issues but reverting to conservative (they would say "sensible" positions on economic matters. They can see the writing on the wall. If they can prove to the 1% that they are more reliable than those crazy teabaggers, then the Democratic Party could be ascendant for the foreseeable future.
Which is a good thing, if all you care about are the social issues.