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I think the Democrats should begin tapping the great untapped reservoir at the Left. People who aren't voting because they're fed up with the system, and think there's no difference between the two parties, or who are wasting their votes on third-party candidates who don't have a snowball's chance in hell.
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Originally Posted by Ustwo
I agree they should court them.
Only because I want to see easy republican victories.
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I would like to submit a concurring opinion, as they say in the Supreme Court. I agree with Ustwo (I'm shocked my own self), insofar as the Democrats do not need to tap into some sort of unused reservoir of liberal voters. However, he's completely wrong about the consequences of high liberal participation in the elections. Democratic participation is WAAAAAY up this year as everyone who could possibly identify themselves as liberal is both excited about our candidates and desperate to do anything to obliterate the GOP and their voters from every legislative body and executive office in the country. And, I'm delighted to say, the Democrats look poised to do well on that front. Basically, that well is dry - everyone's voting already.
That said, I agree that the Democrats will do best by growing a backbone and a pair and letting the country know that we will do our best in the future as a liberal, progressive society, not a conservative one (e.g., the Bush years - game, set, match).
...And yeah, the more we excise the Lieberman set from Congress, the better off the country will be.