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Question: Where should the party go to rebuild its big tent part of its base?
#1
Try to rebuild its social credit wing in the peripheral south by running a candidate in 2012 that downplays Iraq, Gay Marriage and Abortion and focus on Universal Healthcare and Employee's Rights		  
#2
Try to build into the west by deemphasizing health care and taxes, but focuses on civil liberties, property rights and the end to the war...this way they can emphasize the GOP's neo-con leanings while trying to build a antithesis to it.		  
#3
Just push to the center as far as possible- accept that conservativism is what most americans want, but appeal to the need to maintain a two-party system that will give us a slower transition to free trade and stronger defense		  
#4
Keep pushing leftward to give Americans an alternative...eventually the GOP will royally mess us and we will be the only ones standing		  
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Total Voters: 33

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The Hack Hater
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« on: March 17, 2008, 05:35:56 PM »
Option 2. Option 1 is crap, the Dems have no credit there right now. Option 4 is crap, and is too offensive to people that are more moderate. Option 3 doesn't sound bad, but might lead to declines later if there doesn't appear to be enough of a contrast.
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The Hack Hater
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« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2008, 05:53:48 PM »
Oh, but people in the South care, they think it's an "abominable sin" that one should be gay.
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The Hack Hater
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« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2008, 06:18:23 PM »
Quote from: Evilmexicandictator on March 17, 2008, 06:07:27 PM
Quote from: AloneinOregon on March 17, 2008, 05:53:48 PM
Oh, but people in the South care, they think it's an "abominable sin" that one should be gay.
Exactly why the Democrats should de-emphasize it for a while. It costs us votes, that could be easily gained.

It doesn't make a whole lot of sense for the majority of the voters there. to change mid-stream though. Things might change, but I'd think they'd take a while.
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