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Originally Posted by POed-poster
First they elect Howard Dean as their party leader, and now, one by one, they all seem to be putting their support behind Hillary Clinton for president. Didn't these people learn ANYTHING from the election? Hillary Clinton CAN'T WIN, PERIOD. Too many people hate her. If she runs, it will just enure that a Republican holds the white house in 2009. Does anyone in here think she would have a chance in Hell of beating McCain, the likely Republican nominee?
The ONLY chance the Democrats have in 2008 is to convince Gore to run again. If Gore had run in 2004, he would be in the white house right now. Clinton and Kerry are too right of center to have any chance at all. The Dems are smart people, on the average. Why can't they see the obvuious?
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Oh boy, where do I start?
The problem with the Democrats is that they have sold their future over the past 3 decades to fringe special interest groups, radicals, and etc. Their "base" is actually an amalgamation of groups with often-contradictory views. Since, taken together, the adherents of these groups add up to a minority of the American electorate, the Dems must woo the 20% in the middle (as do the Republicans) -- Bill Clinton, cur that he was behaviorally, did a brilliant job of this. Therefore the only way for a Democratic politician to succeed is to be a centrist.
But even this is a problem for Democrats. They have only half-heartedly and with generously disingenous ploys (do they really think Americans are that stupid?) tried to win back their moderate base which they lost in the '80s. The Democrats are seen now as being about as reflective of American values as ice cream is of health food. A hefty portion of their votes come from those who wish to vote
against someone else. One Gallup poll (forgive me, I don't have a link to it) run during the campaign showed that only about 25% of likely voters planning to vote the Democratic ticket were actually voting
for John Kerry. The rest were voting against Bush. Very telling.
In short, Democrats have ideologically cut themselves loose from the American electorate over the years. Only their longstanding organization and recognition as a party keep them ahead of the Greens.