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In reply to the discussion: Center-right Democrats finally face a formidable challenge -- and that has them terrified [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)proven in polls over and over again. So let's stop with this nonsense that we used to hear only from Fox et al.
A majority of the country right now is INDEPENDENT. Both parties are losing voters, losing their base.
And who are these 'moderates' the Dem party needs to attract? They WON in 2008 because they ran on a Liberal, not MODERATE, platform. They got the Independent and youth vote. But the promises of the campaign, a Public Option, LIBERAL no?, an end to Bush foreign policies, another LIBERAL policy, no mandated insurance, another LIBERAL policy, THAT is what won the 2008 election by a large margin.
When those campaign promises turned into Third Way policies, Dems LOST the house in 2010.
So let's stop with this talking point, it is false.