The future of DU

[MrScorpio]

I really think that we're going to have a Democrat in the White House and greater Democratic party majority in Congress... This is our time.

What should DU focus be once the party takes the reigns?

How do we support our Democratic party leaders?

How do we insure that the people that we worked so hard to get into office work hard to correct the abuses of the last eight years?

What other questions should be asked?

Once the partying dies down, we'll see with even more clarity that we've got a lot of work ahead of us...

Time to get our hands dirty

[mudesi]

1. Make clear that LIBERALISM is the future

This is the beginning of the end for the DLC, the blue dogs, and every other DINO in the Democratic party. It's time to start the great move to the left where the Democratic party belongs.

No more pandering to the conservatives. They have a party. It's time liberals had one as well.

[Duke Newcombe]

9. UH...You may wanna slow that roll a bit...

and work on Democratic unity before you consign to hell wholesale parts of OUR OWN PARTY. It'll take all of the Big Tent to make this work.

Just sayin'.

Duke

[Az]

17. I'm with ya there.... its time to swing the pendulum back to the left

And then lock it into freaking place.

[jus_the_facts]

2. I'd say puttin' as many traitors in prison ASAP...but....

....don't hold your breath just yet either...Diebold is still in play and the *polls* are still too close to call...ironically. :shrug:

[Gregorian]

3. The first step is stop the war. The second is massive media reform.

We need brutal changes. The FCC need to be turned around.

Only then can the people actually know what is going on.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

4. As with all those who hold positions of power..

We stand fast and hold their feet to the fire.

A planet hangs in the balance and they will hear of it when they act against that Best of Interests. They must hear of it.

DU has more than enough brilliants light to shine everywhere.

[ColbertWatcher]

5. I think we should start right now with a list of what needs to be fixed.

I don't mean just the GOP messes that has to be reverted, but all the sleeper cells the GOP have lined up.

I have a feeling our court system is filled with Federalist Society bots waiting for "the call".

We need to do the research, do some triage, split up into teams and get to work.

[bobbolink]

6. Will t here be any concern about poverty in the midst of all these changes?

:shrug:

[redqueen]

7. First and foremost.

We'll just have to make sure of it ourselves. From the bottom up.

[bobbolink]

14. Exactly right.

And somehow, I don't have a lot of trust in my fellow "progressives" to really push for it.

A few will.

Most will look the other way.

:(

Thank you.... I do appreciate it.

[Duke Newcombe]

11. We can't be concerned with side issues...

...too many heathens under our Big Tent to deal with first, you see--the important stuff comes first. :sarcasm:

Duke

[bobbolink]

15. Exactly.

And *our* deaths don't matter.

Thank you for understanding the sense of isolation I feel.

I really appreciate it.

[malaise]

8. For starters

We should dig up all the great investigations undertaken by DUers.

[kath]

10. There is a very good article on exactly this topic in the current issue of "The American Prospect"

which I read in the bookstore the other night. Written by a founder of MoveOn.org and titled
Where Do We Move When America MovesOn?

Victory could pose an existential challenge for the grass-roots groups that arose in opposition to Bush. A MoveOn.org veteran examines the challenge and its opportunities.

http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=where_do_we_move_when_america_moveson


It discusses future of MoveOn if we get a Dem in the WH, but certainly would apply to DU as well. Discusses a group similar to MoveOn in Australia called GetUp! and what they have been doing since *their* conservative regime got ousted.

[marmar]

12. Pushing our party to the left, toward populist economics and universal health care....

.... and removing it from the grips of corporate money.

[DemoTex]

13. I hope that happens. Then I hope DU becomes less shrill.

DU was not shrill in the early days. I've been here since 5/2001, just like Will Pitt. Our problem back then, those problems that Will and I (and throw in any old names, dear DU readers) addressed, was to convince other DUers as to JUST HOW BAD FOUR YEARS OF BU$H COULD BE!. We got eight.

[asdjrocky]

16. I say if we get Dems in the house the senate and the white house...

We ride 'em like rented mules. That's always been my point. As Dems, they have to at least pretend to listen to us.

[kath]

18. kick - let's visualize a US with Dems in the White House, Senate, and House!

How do we make them accountable to the grass roots that put them in office?

[paparush]

19. Focus On: TITLE 18 > PART I > CHAPTER 118 > § 2441

US Law Concerning War Crimes

TITLE 18 > PART I > CHAPTER 118 > § 2441

§ 2441. War crimes

(a) Offense.— Whoever, whether inside or outside the United States, commits a war crime, in any of the circumstances described in subsection (b), shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for life or any term of years, or both, and if death results to the victim, shall also be subject to the penalty of death.