11-21-2018, 12:16 AM
(11-20-2018, 10:11 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: Pelosi is further left than the establishment Dems. I'm not saying she's as progressive as myself, a social democrat, but she is more progressive than many people give her credit for just based on her voting record. I've gotta say, though, the idea of Speaker Lee is a wonderful one and she does have more progressive chops than Pelosi. It would be interesting to see, though, if being in that leadership role would result in a more pragmatic approach from Lee on some issues.
But they didn't succeed in making him a one-term president. We should be working with Republicans, but we shouldn't abandon our principles to do so.
Except Republicans demand Democrats abandon their principles for bipartisanship. The big bipartisan deal under Obama would have made cuts to SS and Medicare. That is a complete abandoning of Dem principles. The Republicans have been dragging the entire system to the right sine the 80’s and 90’s by never giving an inch. Time for the Dems to grow a pair and start forcing Republicans to move in their direction for a change.
