The Party is divided over the war and security issues...

[kentuck]

You will not find the same number of Repubs against the war as there are Dems against the war. They are in lockstep, more or less, behind George W Bush. Is it because most of the Republican Party is the Party of War and a large portion, perhaps the majority, of the Democratic Party is the Party of Peace?

Doesn't this create a dilemma for us in the nominating process? No matter who we nominate, part of our Party will be in disagreement with the candidate. Isn't this really at the heart of the Dean-Kerry arguments now taking place here on DU?

Will be able to accept the fact that our Party is divided on this issue and then, be able to come together after the nominating process is completed? Or will we destroy each other in the process? It is important that we recognize the political reality of what is happening within our Party. We are divided over the "war" and the security issues, such as Homeland Security and the Patriot Act. We are not going to march in lockstep like the Republicans.

[HereSince1628]

1. In My World this is not a problem...

My World has no democrats supporting the idea that lying America into a war was a good idea, or that spending more than a thousand dollars a second on the peace is a good idea. There is wiggle room for the "pro-war" camp unless they really believe the NeoCons.

In My World I don't see a democrat opposed to Homeland Security, although there are certainly some that think real security isn't created in an underfunded color coding bureaucracy, unless, of course, they support Bush's budget priorities.

In My World I don't see any democrats supporting the level of secrecy, mendacity, and infringement of civil rights except those that have succumbed to Rove's terror-fear rhetoric.

In My World the divisions between democrats are matters of degree unless you believe Bush, the NeoCons, or the Ashcroftian Right. But then I don't think people who support the ideas of those agents are democratic constituents.

[BayCityProgressive]

2. Well sadly

your world is not the real world, and there is a split even though I wish people had the common sense to see throught Bush's crap.

[HereSince1628]

3. The skys in My World are pure blue...

I think you are worrying about red sunsets. Chew pretzels rather than your fingertips.