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June 04, 2007 08:25 PM UTC
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Democrats need to learn this lesson before it’s too late.
But Sen. Salazar has been, generally, a plus for Democrats. But that doesn’t mean some of us who are more Liberal shouldn’t push him for more responsible positions on things like torture and habeas corpus…
I know some of my friends on the left who are ideological purists feel otherwise……
As for Salazar, we also need to remember that Senator is a statewide office and just because Dems have taken the governorship, both houses of the state gov and the majority in the congressional delegation that doesn’t mean this has suddenly become a deep blue state. The indie vote can turn back towards Rs as quickly as it has turned toward Dems. Colorado is a long way from becoming Massachusetts any time soon. Salazar is a valuable state-wide style Dem.
If we eviscerate our own without thinking we’ll be made irrelevant. That’s what I got from this story.
Actually, pretty pathetic.
He is and has always been a class act, a thoughtful elected official and a pragmatist. He clearly recognizes that the Republican party shift to the Right is why the Dems are in power. He gets it and the rest of his party doesn’t. If they keep this up, they will never regain the legislature.
I think they can win it back from the wingnuts. And then we can have a lot of effective bi-partisian governance. Go Al.
pretty funny if you think about it – my first donation for the ’08 election was to a Republican.
Car 31 thinks Al white is a good man who is able to see the difference between partisanship and public service.
Car 31 hopes that Al White runs for Jack Taylor’s senate seat next year.
Car 31 has an issue with a political party that is willing to cannibalize one of their own just so they can pander to their out of touch base.
Car 31 enjoys strong debate and thinks if the Republicans continue down this road of only encouraging the radical righties to run then Car 31 will only be hearing leftie Democrats speak under the dome for a long time to come in the future.
Car 31 thinks that would be boring so he encourages Al White to go kick some serious Al White booty and reclaim his party.
That’s all Car 31 wanted to say…
It really depends on whether the office holder is representing his district/state. Salazar – both Salazar’s, in fact – probably is, and the Dems would not be well advised to kick him out for someone more liberal. It sounds like Al White may be in a similar position.
But sometimes the pol is *not* representing his/her district and needs to be primaried out of there. Pols aren’t entitled to their party’s nomination for all eternity.
Furthermore, sometimes a pol needs a little primary scare to remind him to dance with the one who brung him. Jane Harmon, for example, has shaped up considerably since her tough primary fight.
Colorado no longer has republicans in charge of its party. The party has long ago been high jacked. Leaving Colorado with two parties: Democrats and Southern Democrats. Maybe they will go back south when it gets cold enough.
I have yet to hear from the Committee as to whether they will allow me to remain a committeeperson. My letter to Jeffco chair Renee Nelson began as follows:
The Governator explained what it means to be a Republican:
Most of you appear to be liberal Dems — who think government knows best, and should not be in any meaningful way accountable to the people — but it is difficult for a Republican to credibly support elective tax hikes for what appears to be discretionary spending. My question — it is one I have wrestled with personally — is: How far can we as individual party members stray from the Party line before we no longer belong in the Party?
It comes down to philosophy. Republican officer holders may not be living up to the basic philosophy with every vote, but it is probably easier to corral them back to the basics than to get the other side to change their philosophy to yours in any meaningful or sustaining way.
I will agree that during the 60s especially the Democratic reaction to anything was to create a govenrment program.
But we have evolved from that. It was a Democrat who radically changed welfare. It was a Democrat who eliminated the CAB (the only elimination of a government agency in the last 60 years). It was a Democrat that balanced the federal budget. It was a Democrat that got NAFTA passed.
On the flip side, it is a Republican who has brought us to the largest deficit spending in our history. It is Republicans who stuck their nose into the Schivao(?) family’s personal anguish. It is the Republicans who have incompetently managed the country (Iraq, Katrina, medicare drug benefit, etc).
I can understand a moderate Republican staying Republican and fighting for the soul of their party. And maybe wishful thinking helps believe you can bring the party back to sanity.
But to still view the Dems as they were in the ’60s? I think that’s pushing it.
but are you really concluding the majority of Dems fit into his mold? Are most Dems advocating small government, low taxes, less entitlements, free trade? I’m not hearing this from the current crop of Dems running for Prez, but maybe I’m missing something.
I think the Democratic party definitely is advoctaing smaller government than what we have today. And I think it does look to find at least private/public methods to resolve problems.
And everyone is in favor of lower taxes.
As to less entitlements, the public wants their entitlements – and that’s a problem both parties face. I think the big difference here is what entitlements each favors.
And on free trade, that is a problem now – again on both sides. But I think the Dems will be mostly supportive. And I think they will also look at the downsides of it and try to address those.
We’re not perfect. But we have moved beyond the ’60s.
But I’m not hearing Dem Prez candidates espousing these things. I still think Clinton (Bill) was an anomaly, but I am listening….
Nothing like that has characterized the GOP since I’ve been alive. Deeds aren’t the same as words. You Reagan crushies disprove that Alzheimer’s isn’t contagious.
1. Reagan would certainly recognize this outfit’s maxing out the Amex…he was damned good at it himself. A piker by comparison, I might add.
2. As to how to spend money, the recent economic events of American consumers prove that they are in the same skill level as much of government: clueless and self-centered.
3. There have been any number of Republican politicians over the years who have been principled and didn’t put the desires of the elite class first. However, they have been few and perhaps ineffective.
4. The first two parts of Arnie’s quote are quite Democratic, not Republican.
5. Taxes are not bad. They are necessary. Sometimes tax increases are necessary. Every serious war we have fought has had a tax increase until Mr. Economic Moron Bush cut taxes. If you’ve been following the report that Denver will need to both spend and tax for bonds for infrastructure, you can see a perfect example of “Pay me now or pay me later.” And the “later” usually costs even more. Taxes spent usually come right back into the community in wages and purchases, they are not a black hole.
By eight different economic measures, the best years for Americans have all been under Democratic administrations, both for rich and poor.
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First, it’s time to understand that Liberal Democrats are not “government knows best” or that government “should not be in any meaningful way accountable to the people”. To the contrary, government works best when the people have a good accounting of it. And government doesn’t “know” best, but it *is* sometimes the best solution to a problem (see: roads, public).
Having gotten that out of the way, your position is the only one anyone of conscience could hope for. If you’re asked to support someone corrupt, who’s nonetheless your party’s candidate, then you’re being asked to lower yourself to accommodate that person. Hopefully, that’s not a reason to get the boot from the party – any party.