Is the Democratic party trying to be so diverse that they have lost their direction?

Question

You can't please all the people all of the time. Yet, that is exactly what they are trying to do. Haven't they lost their direction in so doing?

Answer 1

That's why they lose elections. They're all over the dart board with no rhyme or reason.

Answer 2

Maybe to some extent, but it's still better than being farther to the right than Hitler. Being unified isn't a good thing if the whole party is wrong.

What the Democrats are doing is something called being moderate. The Republicans should look into it, because they've been getting more extreme with each campaign.

Answer 3

Here comes one of those cut and pastes you love so much:

AP Poll: GOP Pick Is 'None of the Above'
By LIZ SIDOTI
Associated Press
July 17, 2007

WASHINGTON (AP) -- And the leading Republican presidential candidate is ... none of the above.

The latest Associated Press-Ipsos poll found that nearly a quarter of Republicans are unwilling to back top-tier hopefuls Rudy Giuliani, Fred Thompson, John McCain or Mitt Romney, and no one candidate has emerged as the clear front-runner among Christian evangelicals. Such dissatisfaction underscores the volatility of the 2008 GOP nomination fight.

In sharp contrast, the Democratic race remains static, with Hillary Rodham Clinton holding a sizable lead over Barack Obama. The New York senator, who is white, also outpaces her Illinois counterpart, who is black, among black and Hispanic Democrats, according to a combined sample of two months of polls.

http://www.gopusa.com/news/2007/july/0717_prez_poll1.shtml

Oops - Who has lost their direction again?

Answer 4

Nope.
They're actually just moving towards the center.
You can't win a general election having a hard platform that can't bend. It's impossible.

And apparently they're making a strong comeback with the 'o6 elections.
I'm projecting they'll win again in o8.

Grabbing independents doesn't mean you're losing your direction. Most Americans don't fall into the far left category, so they may need to do it.

Politics is politics. You don't expect the parties not to flip, do you?

Answer 5

Um, they have pretty clear-cut policy proposals:

Get out of Iraq
Get universal health care
Deal with global warming
Decrease the rich/poor gap

Seems like a pretty clear direction to me. I have no idea what you're talking about.

Answer 6

You're right. They have been pandering to the conservatives in their party far too long. There are still too many Liebermans in that party. They have been catering to the conservatives far too long in the Republican party. It's time they grow a pair and get a spine. The very reason why we sent them their in the first place.

Answer 7

I think its more trying to pick up the slack because many of the radical conservatives have displaced many people.
Dems see that many have no politicians to champion them and their needs.
its hard on them since their are multiple groups yearning for a place, a group, and some representation.

Answer 8

No. They are changing with the times as they should. The days of one gender one ethnic rule are finally coming to a close. The Dem candidates represent the real American melting pot, versus the Leave It To Beaver version that neo-cons invent.

Answer 9

appartenly not since the latest polls have Alabama and South Carolina as blue states

Answer 10

no but I suspect they distance themselves from the current loser regimes mistakes. As long as the current regime makes the same mistakes over and over again, the dems are a shoe in, in 08

Answer 11

Not at all. In fact, they seem more focused than they've ever been before. It's about Power. That's their direction, and trying to pander if not please all kinds of people at once in contradictory ways does seem to be working.