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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Has the seed been planted for a new political Party in this country? [View all]kentuck
(111,051 posts)35. Wow!
It sounds like some folks would like to shut off all forms of speech they might disagree with?
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The seed for the re-alignment of the Democratic party has been- back to being
silvershadow
May 2016
#5
Nope. People want to bitch. They don't want to do the work it would take.
redstateblues
May 2016
#11
So far it has been a lot of talk. Why hasn't the Purity Party been able to
redstateblues
May 2016
#29
What IS the definition of is? And if it's in CAPS does it carry more weight? Hey... ALERTER...
cherokeeprogressive
May 2016
#38
A new party would be a good way to fatally split the existing Democratic vote
muriel_volestrangler
May 2016
#23
The 'coalition in tatters' is favourite to win the presidency and the senate this year
muriel_volestrangler
May 2016
#37
But objective measurement shows Congress is now more polarized than any post-WW2 time
muriel_volestrangler
May 2016
#46
Yes, and some of it has to do with sites like this one and Free Republic
nadinbrzezinski
May 2016
#50
I predicted inevitability of Republican liberalism in response to another thread today.
ieoeja
May 2016
#64
If the new party had enough adherents to win a general election, they could just win the Dem primary
Jim Lane
May 2016
#43
Nah, such a thing will put white, middle class needs at the front and
Jackie Wilson Said
May 2016
#52
My takeaway is that Jill Stein or whoever is running the Greens isn't doing his/her job.
Algernon Moncrieff
May 2016
#61