So Lets Get To Brass Tacks... If The Democratic Party Moves Further To The Right...

[WillyT]

because of this, or any other election...

How will you react to that... politically?

:shrug:

[Norwood]

1. It'll lose them seats in both houses and probably the white house 2012

Its getting harder and harder to tell the difference between Democrat and Republican.

[peace frog]

6. Exactly so

not that we would notice much difference when the Dems lose in 2012. The Obama administration and the Democratic Congress might as well be Republicans for all the "change we can believe in" that's been delivered.

[Hello_Kitty]

2. They're so far to the right economically I don't see what else they could move right on

Except social issues.

Oh wait...Stupak, Nelson.....never mind.

[Warren Stupidity]

20. what Hello_Kitty said

this is not a team sport. There really are issues I care about, and I vote with the intention of enabling my viewpoint on those issues to become a reality. If the Democratic Party no longer provides that opportunity, then I will no longer vote Democratic.

[donco6]

22. Social issues? Moving right on Gay marriage? DADT?

I don't see any room there, either.

[DumpDavisHogg]

3. By never voting Democratic again

I'll just skip every election.

[stray cat]

4. Elect the GOP of course by voting for them or not voting

what else could I possibly do?:rofl:

[WillyT]

8. Laugh Away... But Right Now, I'm Considering Getting My Hair Done Next Election Day...

Maybe a pedicure and take in a movie.

We'll see how it goes.

:shrug:

[Forkboy]

10. If those are the options I would think we probably shouldn't move to the right, no?

I mean, if you can foresee two lousy choices in the future and have the chance to avoid them, don't you do so? Or do you identify those problems and go careening into them anyways?

[kenny blankenship]

5. Maybe we should too?

Everyone's doing it -so our Dems seem to be telling us- and why fuck around with a middleman? All they do is help pass Republican shit, take my money, and screw me--and I can get that from Republicans for FREE.

[yurbud]

7. The party will split. It might take a couple more cycles until people are confident...

that the GOP is really dead, so the brief period of uncertainty as the new party supplants the syphilitically corrupt current Dems won't allow the GOP to regain power, but it is as clear as anything that it's coming.

[abq e streeter]

12. syphilitically corrupt" ...Jeez it hurts to have to agree with that....and damn well put.

[WillyT]

18. "syphilitically corrupt" - Umm... May I Borrow That ???

:bounce::rofl::bounce:

Perfect!

:hi:

[abq e streeter]

26. it is perfect--just stole it from Yurbud above

[yurbud]

19. and in the final stages of dementia when they are committing unspeakable crimes

and don't even know to be ashamed.

[tblue]

9. Curl up in a fetal position

for a time, in all honesty.

After that, I'll regroup, but I don't know how. I'll probably join up with DFA. Something like that.

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. You will not like my answer

but this lack of giving the people anything will either lead to... mass organization by people... or somebody, in the many groups that are the Balkan political environment will finally reach for the ammo box... and I am not sure exactly who it will be at this point.

[galileoreloaded]

23. Already starting, IMHO. This kind of populism mutates quite quickly......into ugly...n/t

[nadinbrzezinski]

25. Fully agreed

[timeforpeace]

13. They elected a right winger because our party went right? Explain your logic.

[nadinbrzezinski]

15. Listen to Dr. Dean try to explain to Mathews what a protest vote is

[WillyT]

16. Shhh... The Operative Word Was "If"...

Were just kickin the can around the room, ya know?

:shrug:

[Ozymanithrax]

14. I will continue to vote for the Candidate that I think has my best interests and

the countries best interst.

Most likly, that would be a Democrat for U.S. Congress/Senate/President. Locally, if a green shows a chance of winning, I will vote green.

Look, after November 2008, the buzz was when (not if) will the Republican party fracture and break up. Clearly, they took a whipping and kept on ticking. The Democratic Party is not going to break up. In our modern 2 party system I don't think it is possible for one of the parties to actaylly self destruct. We have a 24 hour news cycle and they spend a lot of money to put a shine on their name. A lot of us thought the Teaparty would fracture the Republicans, especiallya after their Candidate in New York went down in flames. But now, they have a U.S. Senator that they backed, and they are on their way to becoming the driving force in a resurgant Republican party.

They question I ask, is if they should succede in retaking Congress, how long before they Impeach Obama?

[Walk away]

17. This is like a nightmare. Is it possible that the White House is really...

this incompetent? How could this be? I keep hoping I wake up and they do something right for a change.

I don't blame them for the economy or the employment rate but squandering their political capital on failed attempts at bipartisanship instead of National Health Care is heartbreaking. Forty thousand people are going to die this year because NOTHING has been done to provide HCR. And now they want to compromise more?

[Warren Stupidity]

24. I assume that the lesson they learned was 'more of the same'.

What seems obvious to us,and what is pretty obvious in the polling data so far, does not fit in the DP leadership reality frame. Those fools are highly invested in their center-right pre-compromised get nothing done strategy. We are an annoyance. They have rescued Goldman Sachs, what more could the world want? They will move even further right. We have watched our leaders not fight from the minority position in the legislature, we have watched them surrender from a strong majority position, and now we will watch them squander that majority for no political gain at all.

[LWolf]

21. I won't be voting for many Democrats. nt