Word: democratizer
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...who’s who in America, as far as political leanings go. That guy walking around with a smug look on his face, nose in the air, talking about how voters told the Bush administration exactly what it could do with its policies? That’s a Democrat. Then there’s the woman sitting with her head in her hands, bemoaning the now imminent triumph of the terrorists over the land of the free. She’s obviously a Republican...
...self-hatred.” Similarly, if you’re a black Republican, good luck convincing anyone that you’re not a traitor to your race. Lastly, I’m sure we can all think of a time or two when a Democrat has been called amoral or godless for her liberal beliefs and practices...
...same time, some of the biggest victories for the Democrats came from liberal candidates. In Kentucky, John Yarmuth, a liberal, anti-war newspaper publisher who the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee thought had little chance of winning, took a very competitive seat that Democrats had repeatedly failed to win in the past. In Ohio, Rep. Sherrod Brown, an unabashed lefty who opposed President Bush's positions more than any other congressman in the country, according to Congressional Quarterly, defeated a G.O.P. moderate, Senator Mike Dewine. A Democrat named Carol Shea Porter who pulled out a stunning upset in a New Hampshire...
...Given the variety of interpretations of last week's election, almost any 2008 Democrat candidate could justify a White House run. Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack, who announced last week he will seek the White House, has emphasized a commonsense, centrist approach highlighting personal values that candidates like Casey won on. Of course, Gore could look at the victories of Brown and others as proof positive that the party can win with an unapologetically liberal candidate who is strongly opposed to the war in Iraq and President Bush's handling of the war on terror...
...barring the emergence of a Democrat who can talk about faith and appear to be centrist and progressive at the same time, (see Obama, Barack), Democrats will remain mired in a never-ending debate of left vs. center, Netroots vs. DLC, populist vs. business-friendly. Of course, they can take some comfort from one other election lesson: as Republicans found out this year, having an agenda everyone agrees on isn't the same thing as accomplishing it - or winning on Election...