Populist Reform of the Democratic Party

sabrina 1

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8. Good points. It is true that 'baggage' has been attached to the term Liberal, most of it invented

Thu Nov 20, 2014, 11:45 PM

Nov 2014

for the purpose of discrediting it. And to a great extent, it has worked.

Populism could be about redefining the "center".
The "center" in this context is about PEOPLE.
It's about humanitarianism, feeling "at home".
A perspective such as this has a built in
"road map for transformation".
It also has a built in "left leaning" bias,
without the "leftist" baggage that polarizes
average, right-leaning voters.

Do you think the word 'center' might put people off considering what we have come to learn they mean by the Center, way to the Right?

It would be a great victory to steal the word and use it to move to the Left.

Good thoughts. I do think we should not use language, mostly from Think Tanks I imagine, that turns off any segment of the population. To implement good, Populist policies it will be necessary to include as much of the population as possible.

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The Opportunity To Reawaken The Progressive Majority --(Campaign for America's Future) [View all] KoKo Nov 2014 OP

This is a good analysis. I have but one quibble... Eleanors38 Nov 2014 #1

You are absolutely correct. The GOP always claims to have a mandate. Enthusiast Nov 2014 #2

+1 rhett o rick Nov 2014 #4

You are right. We have been told now for years that the country is more Conservative than Liberal, sabrina 1 Nov 2014 #7

Kicked & Rec'd /nt demwing Nov 2014 #3

That's an excellent article, KoKo. Thanks for posting it here. I am glad to see the lie that this sabrina 1 Nov 2014 #5

Conflating "populist-progressive" is a concern Cosmic Kitten Nov 2014 #6

Good points. It is true that 'baggage' has been attached to the term Liberal, most of it invented sabrina 1 Nov 2014 #8

Reframe, capture the narrative :~) Cosmic Kitten Nov 2014 #9

I like that thought. And we know for a fact, that the true center, iow, a majority of the people, do sabrina 1 Nov 2014 #10