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    I don't begrudge him his indifference on civil rights. The United States was still violently bigoted at the time and…
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    • Now they have the Hobson's choice of stabbing the New Deal/Rainbow coalition in the back or stabbing the DLC/Third Way/No…
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    • I think FDR is way overrated, personally. I see him as an average politician that had an amazing hand. Two…
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    • Well, other people have been able to explain it much better than I can. Probably the best starting place is…
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    • Vote Democratic: we'll marginally improve a broken system if the Powers That Be allow us to, instead of stomping the…
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    • Ultimately, I view Obama as our version of Nixon. Erm, as far as long-term trends go. Nixon's administration was, from…
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    • Personally, I don't think that being inspirational is that big of a deal in the end. Or rather, it is,…
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    • There aren't enough people to whom it still matters to swing the nomination, never mind the general election. That's what…
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    • That's not how these things work. The Jeremiah Wright controversy was over 6 years ago and Obama's connection with the…
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    • That was intended as snark, but, don't be so sure that the Iraq situation isn't going to blow up in…
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    • I'm still not exactly sure why a lot of Democrats think that those numbers of hers are going to hold…
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    • I don't understand what part of solidarity the left doesn't understand; it used to be a very ingrained part of…
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    • Repeat after me, Marie2: Just because the United States is bad does not mean that Russia is good.
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    • At some point, we will, like those other smartest, strongest, richest nations from history, get slapped good and hard upside…
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    • He doesn't have to run it on 'I'm more liberal than her!' like a dumbass conservative. All he has to…
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    • By fix herself I mean in the eyes of the primary and general election voter, not in the eye of…
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    • For this line of argument, I'm just going to accept your premises and show how your conclusion falls short. Again…
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    • This is tooting my liberal horn to be sure, but the impression I get from most of liberals is that…
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    • The problem is that purely ideological challenges in primaries are tough to make.  When was the last challenge that won…
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    • H is not running for the Dem nomination. She's running for president. Hence the thing about the kids. The youth…
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