Monday, December 13, 2004

Wither the Democrats?

I have not weighed in on the currently raging debate about the future of the Democratic Party. In a nutshell, I believe we need to move to a more populist-progressive direction, while articulating a clear opposition to Islamofascism (and a program for countering such). Responding to the essay from the New Republic by Peter Beinart (which I cited in a post a few days ago), the always brilliant Digby captures some of my thoughts quite well, particularly with this bit:
The father of the modern Republican party (perhaps modern American politics) is not sunny Reagan, it�s darkling Nixon. Until we finally grasp the nature of the opposition we will continue to lose. It is the central problem we face.

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