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Army5339 · 09-23-2007, 18:46 PM

I am not entirely convinced that the Democrats will win next year.

I think that despite the GOP moving right, they have not moved as far off center as the Democrats have moved left. For starters, MoveOn.org probably has done more to help the GOP than to harm them by basically telling moderates that they are not welcome in the Democratic party. The best thing the GOP has done is to move away from the Christian Right, which was the doppleganger of MoveOn. The Democrats would be well served to move closer to the center, as they did in the last congressional election.

That Sen. Clinton is attempting to paint herself as a moderate shows that she is cognizant of this. However, she still needs the dollars, and the dollars come from the fringe groups like MoveOn.

09-23-2007, 18:46 PM	#58 (permalink)
Army5339 *Military Professional* Join Date: 09-17-07 Location: Tampa, Florida Posts: 150 Country:	I am not entirely convinced that the Democrats will win next year. I think that despite the GOP moving right, they have not moved as far off center as the Democrats have moved left. For starters, MoveOn.org probably has done more to help the GOP than to harm them by basically telling moderates that they are not welcome in the Democratic party. The best thing the GOP has done is to move away from the Christian Right, which was the doppleganger of MoveOn. The Democrats would be well served to move closer to the center, as they did in the last congressional election. That Sen. Clinton is attempting to paint herself as a moderate shows that she is cognizant of this. However, she still needs the dollars, and the dollars come from the fringe groups like MoveOn.