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Greg Burgin's avatar

I do have to point out that Robert Reich cited actual examples. What about those can we say he is wrong? I think it's a terrible negotiating argument to say we should give up our principles as our opening move. It also seems like the whole idea that our values can be moved around as if they don't really matter to us is wrong in so many ways.

There's room to change with the times. Reich is right to point out the problem of not going with AOC on Ways and Means vs Connely. That's a blatant decision to move nowhere. Didn't Democrats just lose ground on some demographics? And what about the people who lost interest and stayed home?

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Steve Swope's avatar

I agree that there exists a "center," but since at least the Reagan presidency it has tended to move further and further right. When one side hardens its position and hugs the extreme, the other side's compromises inevitably move closer and shrink the center. Clinton's shifts on welfare are a case in point - a Democrat promoting a position Republicans would once have been proud of.

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