The Democrats Prepare to Move (Further) Right

[Big Bill Jefferson]

The Democrats Prepare to Move Right

by Shamus Cooke

On the eve of the Republican-dominated mid-term election, working people were told to vote Democrat to prevent a "truly dangerous" Republican party from taking power. There is an element of truth in this: the Republican Party has been sprinting to the far right for decades, to the point where they are incapable of speaking sensibly about political issues.

But in a close second place in this rightward scramble are the Democrats, who've spent decades racing into the arms of the corporations that dominate both political parties unchallenged.

This mad dash to the right did not stop at the midterm election; the Democrats are preparing to unleash their hidden second wind, kept from public view until after the elections. The first step to the right occurred in the commentary over the lost elections. The Democrat's fake analysis about why they lost will push them to "correct their mistakes."

Contrary to all evidence or common sense, the Democrats now claim that their agenda was "too progressive" while in power, to be fixed by shifting even further to the right. In effect, the Democrats are now agreeing with the Tea Party's analysis of the Obama Administration.

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http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/11/05-1

[elocs]

1. That's a mistake because we all know most of the electorate are Progressives and left of center.

Victory will be assured if we move further to the left, except it won't be a Democratic victory. Reality does suck.

[socialshockwave]

2. If the Democrats become more like Republicrats...

then they are done. The Democratic party needs, as I have said before, to represent true left-wing interests. Not just the interests of corporations and those who would see them destroyed.

I say they need a leadership shake-up. get rid of all of the DINO's and build up a true progressive coalition. Moving to the right will just make voters more and more alienated from the Democratic party and will do what they did in this election - stay home.

[LynneSin]

3. Why would the 99% progressives re-elected move towards the Blue Dog right...

where only 50% of them won.

:shrug:

[indy legend]

4. Because most of them are cowardly idiots who still don't get it.

[kentuck]

5. That would be a misreading of this election.

in my opinion.

[Scuba]

6. How has that worked in the past? The Democrats are already further right than Barry Goldwater...

...Richard Nixon and others who were "leaning so far right we might fall off."

But Dick is NOT on the throne.

[DCKit]

7. NOOOOOO!!1!!111!! Run the OTHER way!!!11! n/t

[sufrommich]

8. So says a blogger on commondreams. I think I'll wait for

some real proof.