Reply #6: Actually, I wouldn't classify Feingold as a liberal... [View All]

[IrateCitizen]

I'd classify him more as a maverick, which would work out more to his advantage in the electoral process. He's kind of like the Democratic version of his co-sponsor in campaign finance reform, John McCain.

WRT the "heartland strategy" and the DLC, I agree completely. I think that it's important to note that even with the Democrats' insane adoption of "free" trade, they STILL win in the upper Midwest. By changing this part of the platform to fair trade, they could win by larger margins. They're also making significant inroads to the Mountain West, as evidenced by state races in CO and MT this year, not to mention the NV minimum wage hike.

As for the South, I'm afraid we have to largely write it off. We should certainly run candidates there and get our message out, but the negative concessions we'd have to make to have any kind of immediate, broad success down there are just too costly. We've got the Northeast and the GOP has the Southeast, and that's how it looks things will play out for the foreseeable future.