Party Unity: Dems problem

[Deaniac20]

I believe this is a very large problem. See, the GOP has Reagan to rally around, and all support most of their parties policies. The dems must have unity to win. See, although Bill Clinton's presidency was not perfect, even the most far leftwing Naderites should admit that most ordinary people were better off in 2000 than in 1992 with Bush Sr. The stats don't lie, the largest surplus in American history, the unemployment at the lowest levels in years, largest economic expansion in history, 22 million new jobs NET even with NAFTA, over a million acres of land protected, ethnic cleansing stopped in the Balkans, the Brady Bill and Assualt Weapons ban, and 0 planes into buildings. OK NAFTA was not good, and many were not to hot about welfare reform although I was. But we were better off with Clinton than now, and if we want to win as a party, we must ALL be willing to point out how much better we were with Clinton than Bush I, II, and Reagan dispite all the flaws. The Nader liberals who abandon Dems have got to stop expecting the perfect candidate, and take the good with the bad. Prochoice and anti-Iraq War Repugs have not left the party in search of ideological putiry, or even in the face of read my lips, which was a heresy in Christianity GOP Style. Gopers did not leave the party when Pat Robertson warned on Iraq. Plus, if the Nader left gets in with the mainstream Dems, then maybe they would listen to your demands rather than ignore you. now this does not mean blind obedience, for it is OK to call your party out. If we move to the left, we shoudl still prasie Clinton. The GOP has moved to the right, FAR FAR FAR to the right and still admires Goldwater and Nixon who would be moderates today. So even if we take a new direction, we should still praise Clinton for his accomplishments, and forgive his failures, yet still become a stronger party.
Lack of Untiy is also what killed universal health care in 1994. Too many Dems broke and equivocated from William Clinton's plan, which weakened it to criticism even in the early days when it was popular. We shoudl have ALL promoted it early on, and made it sound simpler. An example of this lack of unity and discipline is how Richard Shelby changed parties. We need the New Democrat wing to come along, and end this centrist crap. It worked for 1992, but is dated now because Clinton proved we were tough on crime, and welfare and brought the deficit down. Pro war democrats are hurting the party just as much as Naderites. If we all agree on a plan, and priase our 1990s accomplishments, we can be a strong force and win. If we look for perfection or centrism which is implausible and compromising respectively, we will lose. Don't let this happen.