Do you support moving the party to the right in 2008?

[WI_DEM]

Since the election I've noticed two distinct factions emerging those who argue that the party must move even more to the center to win those coveted southern votes and those who argue that we need a distinctly progressive message. Which do you support?

[Bread and Circus]

1. Instead of chasing votes, we need to shape minds.

That's what the RW has done for 30 years and look at the fruit
it's born.

Quit thinking "election to election" and start think in 10, 20, and
30 year plans.

Finally, unless the Left figures out how to shape the minds of
rural voters, they will cont. to lose.

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. No message will matter as long as votes can be created out of thin air!

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[Hubert Flottz]

7. You got that right!

WE WAS ROBBED AGAIN!

[idiosyncratic]

8. Unfortunately, that seems to be true . . .

However, we must keep the same message.

Health care
Environmental protection
Equal rights (marriage included) for ALL citizens
Alternative energy
etc., etc., etc.

[Zuni]

3. We need more labor issue/economic/anti-fat cat rhetoric

and less concentration on identity politics and cultural issues.

[Mike L]

4. Swing voters are key.

I think the South is pretty well toast, regardless. The Democratic Party must move to the right on a few issues to win OH, FL (and IA & NM now); keep the close blue states we have remaining; and try to pick-up some Midwestern states.

[terrya]

5. That happened in 2002!!!

McAuliffe turned this party into "Republican Lite" and that was a fucking disaster.

The party needs Howard Dean as DNC chair and we need to move to the left. A progressive message.

[Mike L]

6. Yeah, right.

THAT should really help get middle America's votes.

[cmf]

9. We need to go populist. Big time.

That's where the Republicans kill us. Bush was a regular guy, Kerry was an elitist, even though the opposite couldn't have been more true.

[Ronnie]

10. No.

That would be like saying our positions are wrong. We're not wrong.