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In reply to the discussion: If you're an elected dem who is open to cutting Social Security, or Medicare or S.N.A.P., Fuck you. [View all]cheapdate
(3,811 posts)I think we've pretty much established that for the present time, taking the House and Senate requires a "big tent". The last time the Democrats had the House and Senate, it was with the help of "Blue Dogs" -- conservative Democrats like Blanche Lincoln from Arkansas and Bart Gordon from Tennessee.
I've heard it a hundred times before. Someone who thinks they know regional politics better than the locals themselves proclaims that the entire country has moved dramatically to the left and all we need are Democrats in red states to "run as Democrats!."
I don't believe it. Democrats win in some places by being more progressive, and they win in other places by being more conservative.
What matters is that they win. What matters is who holds the Speaker's gavel. A conservative Democrat still counts as a Democrat when they're passing out committee chairs.