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Thursday, July 10, 2008 12:00 AM

Democrats' strategy: Strength through bowing

Yet again, Democrats, in their never-ending quest to avoid looking "weak," engage in the precise behavior that guarantees that perception
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  • Thursday, July 10, 2008 07:13 AM

    This is why Dean's 50 state inititive is essential

    By working to elect Democrats everywhere and to elect as many as possible instead of just calculating to win enough to get you a majority through areas you think are "winnable" you eventually get to a point where you have a supermajority and more. Once you have enough Democrats that you don't have to worry about your narrow advantage you can start to work on making the party more liberal again by engaging in serious primary battles without worrying about giving Congress back to the Republicans.

    It will be much easier to get rid of the appeasers once these conditions are true.

    —Lynx Read Lynx's other letters

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