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Make your prediction: Which direction will the democrats go?

Posted on 6/22/17 at 11:06 am
Posted by Eli Goldfinger
Member since Sep 2016
32785 posts
Posted on 6/22/17 at 11:06 am
Will they:

A. Move more to the left and go all-in on the social policy changes that seem to be alienating most middle class Americans.

B. Move to a more centrist position and try to get moderate Republicans on board.

C. There will be a split between the centrist and liberal factions which will lead to more potential vote-splitting (see Bernie v Hillary) and threats of independent candidacy.
Posted by bamarep
Member since Nov 2013
51806 posts
Posted on 6/22/17 at 11:08 am to
They've already made the move. They're going to keep pandering to the Alt Left fringe idiots to keep from losing the Bernbots.
Posted by Shenanigans
Spring Hill, TN
Member since Nov 2012
2394 posts
Posted on 6/22/17 at 11:08 am to
I'll take A for $1000, Alex.


Posted by HubbaBubba
F_uck Joe Biden, TX
Member since Oct 2010
45772 posts
Posted on 6/22/17 at 11:09 am to
Dems are done. There will be a split into a Socialist Democratic party and a moderate leaning party. Who knows? Trump may get tired of the Republican crap and start a centrist party in the middle that includes elements of libertarianism.
Posted by Centinel
Idaho
Member since Sep 2016
43337 posts
Posted on 6/22/17 at 11:09 am to
I think the try A up until the mid-terms, crash and burn again, then C happens.

The centrists will realize they need to move to the center.

The proggies will keep on proggying and say they need to be further left.
Posted by RCDfan1950
United States
Member since Feb 2007
34934 posts
Posted on 6/22/17 at 11:16 am to
Will be interesting to see if any vote for the HealthCare Bill. I heard it said that once the *Obama* name is gone...they'll be far more likely to support fixes later on.

The real game is the Republican Right; Paul, Cruz, Rogers...and the Moderates like Collins. Tax Reform and Infrastructure is virtually on hold behind Healthcare Bill, and Trump WILL hang this around the neck of any Republican who breaks rank, and essentially shuts the whole Agenda down. I would not want to be in that limelight.
Posted by NimbleCat
Member since Jan 2007
8802 posts
Posted on 6/22/17 at 11:19 am to
A. all day, every day.


The people that aren't being represented by the Fringe, will move elsewhere. They helped elect President Trump, and will continue to help people that represent some semblance of normalcy.

Most people don't want grown men walking into their daughter's restroom.
Posted by BIGFOOD
Member since Jun 2011
12500 posts
Posted on 6/22/17 at 11:26 am to
IMO, the Dims are in a bad spot. I think they need to shift towards the center but then there is that brain dead, left wing of the party that they cannot afford to alienate. I think the young, retarded, millennials would revolt if they sense the party shifting to center...which is what I hope happens. I love it when they eat their own
Posted by TheXman
Middle America
Member since Feb 2017
2975 posts
Posted on 6/22/17 at 11:28 am to
quote:

A. Move more to the left and go all-in on the social policy changes that seem to be alienating most middle class Americans.


This has already been happening at warp speed.
Posted by Muthsera
Member since Jun 2017
7319 posts
Posted on 6/22/17 at 11:30 am to
They will choose A because it's the source of most of their fundraising and keeps their power consolidated in coastal cities. They will bank on voters holding their nose and voting against the GOP. Unless the GOP stops fricking around and actually works for the American people, history (08 and 12) may prove that to be a sound theory.
Posted by Mid Iowa Tiger
Undisclosed Secure Location
Member since Feb 2008
18667 posts
Posted on 6/22/17 at 11:49 am to
They will figure it out eventually. This reminds me of the "death throes" the GOP was in not all that long ago.

This stuff cycles. Grab what you can while you can.

Posted by jb4
Member since Apr 2013
12662 posts
Posted on 6/22/17 at 11:50 am to
All in left.
Posted by Port Royal
You Name It , I've Been There
Member since Nov 2016
1811 posts
Posted on 6/22/17 at 11:50 am to
As long as moneyed Uber Liberals continue to apply a choke hold on the Party, over Niagara Falls without a barrel.
Posted by seawolf06
NH
Member since Oct 2007
8159 posts
Posted on 6/22/17 at 12:50 pm to
C
Posted by JawjaTigah
Bizarro World
Member since Sep 2003
22501 posts
Posted on 6/22/17 at 1:01 pm to
Fragments
Posted by Chrome
Chromeville
Member since Nov 2007
10330 posts
Posted on 6/22/17 at 1:10 pm to
Remember when the dems said that after the 2016 election that would be the death of the Republican party...ah those were the days.
Posted by Amblin
Member since Sep 2011
2570 posts
Posted on 6/22/17 at 1:16 pm to
Pelosi... nuff said
Posted by roadGator
Member since Feb 2009
140507 posts
Posted on 6/22/17 at 1:22 pm to
They gone all in already. If they back out of A now (see their convention last year) it will lead to C.

They have to do A.
Posted by Pinecone Repair
Burminham
Member since Nov 2013
7156 posts
Posted on 6/22/17 at 1:47 pm to
A.
It seems like they always say "so and so isn't left enough".
Posted by Bullethead88
Half way between LSU and Tulane
Member since Dec 2009
4202 posts
Posted on 6/22/17 at 5:08 pm to
quote:

They're going to keep pandering to the Alt Left fringe idiots to keep from losing the Bernbots.

I see this all the time. My question is - where are the Bernbots gonna go if the dems go even semi-moderate.
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