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| Democratic Urban Revolt Spreading to Chicago? | |
| 2014-05-27 | |
This poses questions for the Democratic party nationally. If highly-visible urban Democratic centers are moving sharply to the left while the rest of the country looks on in displeasure, it will be harder for national leaders to straddle the divide between left urban grassroots and the suburban and centrist voters (not to mention the Wall Street money) needed to prevail in national contests. From a commenter at the AI site: Which major cities is the intern referring to that are "moderate and centrist"? | |
| Posted by:Pappy |
| #3 [The modern Democrat party] was built by Martin Van Buren with the purpose of gaining power without being tied down to principles or ideals in order to avoiding the brewing Civil War over the institution of slavery. Source: Wikipedia. The Donks are staying true to their origins; no principles or ideals. |
| Posted by: Squinty 2014-05-27 10:54 |
| #2 Which major cities is the intern referring to that are "moderate and centrist"? Certainly not the large blue cities. If there were a swing towards sanity, it would only last through the next election and then back to corruptacracy (normal). |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-05-27 10:44 |
| #1 Wishful thinking. The entire political system is predicated upon drawing the lower income (dependency) over the middle income (producers) for the retention of power which instead of seeking an equilibrium seeks dominance. Voila! You get more of what you subsidize. You get less of what you punish. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-05-27 08:14 |