It kills me that in America, "socialist" is still a dirty word. Twas ever thus when I was a member of the DSA some 20 years ago. As someone has said, they are hardly an uber-left party; just very left by American standards. They believed in free higher education, a nationalised healthcare system and the welfare state. To me, it was about the kind of caring, supportive political system that put its people before the interests of the wealthy and big business.

If this is what Obama stands for, bring him on.