SavannahMann
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Before you can take power in Congress you have to win elections. This little secret is apparently not part of the discussions in the DNC.
I'll be honest. I had hoped that the Democratic Party would learn from the loss and return to their roots. The big tent that gave them electoral victory in the past.
In the interest of full disclosure I'll tell you that by rural Georgia standards I'm pretty Liberal. By the standards of San Francisco or Greenwich Village I'm a radical right wing nut.
Let's post the link and then talk truth.
DNC Chair declares there is no place for pro-life Democrats in today’s party - Hot Air
Now what this all means. The Democrats refuse to admit that the nation is diverse. The reality is that a San Francisco approved Liberal just can't win an election in Rural Georgia. They really can't win outside of the larger metropolitan areas. This limits the potential power of the party. If the Democrats are going to exclude anyone who doesn't check all the blocks of the most Liberal members then they just aren't going to win the majority. Requiring a candidate in Rural Georgia to run as a full throated Abortion Cheerleader is a recipe for disaster.
I admit to being reluctantly pro choice but that is because I believe you can't get the genie back in the bottle. Abortion is here and it's not going anywhere. Women have the power to plan B themselves with their birth control pills already.
However that as may be as I said I'm pretty Liberal for Georgia. I know my fellow citizens don't all feel as I do.
The point is that the Democratic Party continues to abort their chances of electoral victory by coming up with the restrictions to a more moderate or even conservative Democrat winning.
Ten Years ago the Democrats were in control of the House and Senate. They lost that majority because of those purity purges. When a Conservative Democrat was defeated in an election the party laughed and said good riddance.
Before you can govern you have to win. You can't win if you cut your own throat with the voters.
I'll be honest. I had hoped that the Democratic Party would learn from the loss and return to their roots. The big tent that gave them electoral victory in the past.
In the interest of full disclosure I'll tell you that by rural Georgia standards I'm pretty Liberal. By the standards of San Francisco or Greenwich Village I'm a radical right wing nut.
Let's post the link and then talk truth.
DNC Chair declares there is no place for pro-life Democrats in today’s party - Hot Air
Now what this all means. The Democrats refuse to admit that the nation is diverse. The reality is that a San Francisco approved Liberal just can't win an election in Rural Georgia. They really can't win outside of the larger metropolitan areas. This limits the potential power of the party. If the Democrats are going to exclude anyone who doesn't check all the blocks of the most Liberal members then they just aren't going to win the majority. Requiring a candidate in Rural Georgia to run as a full throated Abortion Cheerleader is a recipe for disaster.
I admit to being reluctantly pro choice but that is because I believe you can't get the genie back in the bottle. Abortion is here and it's not going anywhere. Women have the power to plan B themselves with their birth control pills already.
However that as may be as I said I'm pretty Liberal for Georgia. I know my fellow citizens don't all feel as I do.
The point is that the Democratic Party continues to abort their chances of electoral victory by coming up with the restrictions to a more moderate or even conservative Democrat winning.
Ten Years ago the Democrats were in control of the House and Senate. They lost that majority because of those purity purges. When a Conservative Democrat was defeated in an election the party laughed and said good riddance.
Before you can govern you have to win. You can't win if you cut your own throat with the voters.