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In reply to the discussion: Socialists Just Showed the Democratic Party How to Win Across the U.S. [View all]lapucelle
(18,250 posts)32. Both of these winning candidates are actually Democrats who ran as Democrats
with the help and support of their local Democratic parties. There's a whiff of desperation in trying to spin the Democratic Party's sweeping victories into some type of defeat of the party and its platform.
We have a big tent party. We always said it, we always meant it, and the hundreds of victories on November 7 (including 15 by Democrats whose political philosophy leans socialist) proves it.
A better title to the story would be
"Democrats Just Showed the Democratic Party How to Win Across the the U.S".
https://krasnerforda.com/events/
http://www.knoxvilledemocrats.org/candidates
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Omaha Steve
Nov 2017
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Exactly, they won as Democrats on Democratic policies. Some want to redefine "Democrats" and....
George II
Nov 2017
#48
It didn't help that many of these "socialists" were shitting on "corporate" Northam
Blue_Tires
Nov 2017
#3
Those who did not are REPUBLICANS PERIOD... I vote for the person with a 'D' next to his/her name.
Demsrule86
Nov 2017
#25
I perused the article and found nothing outstanding that the Democratic Leadership and base does not
SandyZ
Nov 2017
#4
Candidates who don't embrace the (D) after their name and the Democratic Platform...
Hekate
Nov 2017
#16
You have screwed women with abortion bills from hell which Mello helped to pass...some progressive.
Demsrule86
Nov 2017
#27
You are right that the headline is hyperbolic, but your post exaggerates even more.
FSogol
Nov 2017
#38
The black community turned out big for Northam. Northam with Fairfax toured the entire state.
FSogol
Nov 2017
#44
You are the only one saying the Northam campaign said "we don't need you" to anyone.
FSogol
Nov 2017
#40