Originally Posted by irateplatypus

in a sense, the democratic party has too big of a tent. it houses left leaning moderates and radical liberals under the same label. how can you expect a moderate base to take the democratic party seriously when you have michael moore, george soros, alec baldwin, sean penn, nancy pelosi etc. headlining the democratic agenda? where else do these people (moderates and moderate democrats) have to go? the only viable left-leaning party is run from the top by radical liberals.[/B]