May I ask why DougR and leprechaun, you have self-identified themselves as being allied with the Republican Party, feel qualified to comment upon what the Democrats need to do to get elected?

Gentleman, while I appreciate your right to contribute, I question the sincerety of your motivation for doing so in threads on Democratic Party strategy. I also question your obvious lack of knowledge of and experience with either the Democratic Party or the progressive left movement in the US.

But it is quite clear to me that you never miss an opporunity to blindlessly attack, attack, attack in nearly every political thread. Why do you do that? Why do you feel a need to come into a discussion among Democrats and progressives, and taunt, attack, and otherwise rudely attempt to disrupt the conversation when you have no meaningful, sincere positive contribution to make?

It is akin to Ford mechanics going into threads on where Chevy mechanics are discussing how to repair Chevys, just to bitch about what losers Chevy owners are. Not exactly well mannered, or constructive, is it?