Reply #23: He represents the problem with the Democratic Party's divided loyalties [View All]

[Armstead]

Ideally, the Democratic Party is supposed to be the liberal counterpoint to the conservative Republican party, by protecting and advancing the interests of the majority over the tendency of the wealthy and powerful to abuse people and the system.

That doesn't mean Democrats are "anti-business" but the party is the party of government as a counterbalance to the excessive accumulation of wealth and power by the elites.

However, the DLC "centrists" have steadily been pushing for Democtrats to become mofre c onservative and more like republicans, and have aligned the Democratic Party too closely to the oligarchs.

Rahm is at the center of this, and is the enforcer against anyone or anything that the conservative "centrists" deem is too far "left."