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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 10:19 AM Original message |
Does anyone else think it's time for a Populist Party? |
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European Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
1. yes, the average person has no representation anymore. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
2. Sure... |
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Kralizec (982 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
3. Let's get a Parlimentary system going here!! |
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Mandate My Ass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 10:30 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Yes and IRV |
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KingFlorez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 10:44 AM Response to Reply #3 |
14. You probably mean proportional representation |
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harrison (916 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
4. Yes. it is past time. |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
5. If the Dems are unwilling to adopt a more populist message, |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
6. I'd prefer a Progressive party. Populism smacks of pandering |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 10:28 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Good Point... |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 11:39 AM Response to Reply #6 |
22. I agree -- good suggestion |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
7. Does a Populist Party put the left in power or does it help the GOP? |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 10:27 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. A Third Party Always Hurts The Party Nearest To It |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
9. I could see a third leftist party--but only if |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
11. We don't need a third party |
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oc2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
13. populistunderground.com |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
15. Weren't you asking about a Progressive Party last week? |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 11:33 AM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Actually I think you are twisting my words |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
16. No, I'm a member of democraticunderground.com. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 11:27 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. If you need one |
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Czolgosz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
17. We have a populist party: it's the Democratic Party. We just need to work |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 11:29 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Howard Dean is a populist |
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IthinkThereforeIAM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
18. Populism won't work... |
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oc2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 11:43 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Dashle was a gutless centrist, republican lite senator as I recall. |
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IthinkThereforeIAM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 11:52 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I rest my case... |
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Czolgosz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 12:58 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. I'm not so sure. For one, Daschele wasn't such a populist. He voted for |
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IthinkThereforeIAM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 03:13 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Once again... |
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corbett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
25. Progressive Democrats Of America Are Just What You Need (video) |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
26. One of the |
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Ksec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
28. Populism YES! |
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Jim Lane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
29. Two words: Open primaries |
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Rowdyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
30. Right, Nader didn't do enough damage in 2000....Lets split the Democratic |
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