In America, our two major parties are NOT liberal v. conservative. They are conservative (Democrats) v. reactionary (Republicans).

It is the Democrats who (by and large) want to keep things as they are, and Republicans who want to change things – by putting them back the way they used to be.

Republicans' agenda: 1. Require prayer in public schools. 2. Criminalize burning the flag. 3. Criminalize abortion. 4. Abolish or reduce estate taxes. 5. Abolish or reduce tax on capital gains. 6. Abolish minimum wage (or allow it to fade into irrelevance by inflation). 7. Deregulate business. 8. Reduce support of public education, welfare, retirement benefits, public works, and practically all government services (except things like roads, which are used by business, and the military, which can be used to seize other people's resources). 9. Lower taxes.

Democrats' agenda: ? (None of the above.)

No wonder Democrats have such a hard time articulating what they stand for.