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Populist Dem Message Replaces Progressive Message

Caprock19 Wrote: Jan 31, 2010 10:46 PM

All incumbents must go this year, I don't care how much it troubles you to vote against your old favorites. It is your patriotic duty to vote out all incumbents on the ballot this go around.

And,

All Democrats suck while on their knees.

Fair or not, voters have distaste and distrust this year for any candidate running under the “progressive” banner that was so wildly popular just last year.

“I essentially believe that ‘progressive’ is the wrong “P” to be describing yourself as this cycle,” said a Democratic strategist working on congressional campaigns across the country. “ ‘Populist’ is the way to go.”

Candidates, he said, should appear as an outsider who will fight for Main Street, not Wall Street.

Because the concerns of independents will continue to dominate the electoral landscape, the best that progressive candidates can do is...

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