Reply #35: Which one do you want to see as a bigger & stronger party? [View All]

[checks-n-balances]

Republicans or Democrats?

Certainly the Dems have made many strategic & policy mistakes in the past, but I'm sorry. I do NOT subscribe to the theory that there's not a dime's worth of difference between the two major parties.

It's kind of like privatizing Social Security or promoting school vouchers. Even though Social Security and the public schools have lots of room for improvement, these "solutions" will ultimately weaken and destroy what we do have, as imperfect as they are.

Imperfect as it is, working from within the party is far & away better than splitting it up.

I'm mad as hell at John Kerry (and Bob Shrum for his horrible LOSING advice) but there's also a possibility that we can rehabilitate our party from within. Maybe Howard Dean can be at the helm?

My point is that many of us are pretty depressed, and taking it out on our fellow democrats & splitting up the party because we're mad at some of the leaders may make some of us feel better, but it solves NOTHING.