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In reply to the discussion: Anybody who says there is no difference between the two parties is an absolute idiot. [View all]DanTex
(20,709 posts)Joe Manchin has actually appealed to voters, in West Virginia no less. Corey Booker is very popular in New Jersey.
No, the far left isn't powerful enough to win major elections, outside of a few states and districts. They don't have the broad appeal of someone like Booker. They are only powerful enough to throw elections to the GOP. They appeal to a small segment of the electorate, which means that in close elections, like this one and 2000, their efforts to attack the Democrats have the effect of placing Republicans in office. And, like Ralph Nader, Susan Sarandon and others have made clear, this isn't an unintended side effect of far left propaganda, it is the purpose. It is the direct modern equivalent of the "After Hitler, out turn" strategy.
We're now repeating the cycle of 2000. A bunch of gullible fools get convinced that both parties are the same, then the GOP takes power, and and then a lot of people wake up to how stupid they were. A lot of the Greens and BoBs are going to come to their senses over the next 4 to 8 years (please let it be 4).