Julio Said:

What party splintered from the Democratic Party in 1948?

We Answered:

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Juan Said:

Why is the Democratic Party so spineless? Progressive or more Liberal Democrats why do you think this is? Have?

We Answered:

More Liberal, vote Democrat begrudgingly.

The Democratic Party is not spineless. This is clear to see when you realize that it really is no different from the Republican Party. For example a close look at the ten biggest campaign contributions to McCain and Obama in 2008 shows that 8 of them were the same.

In short, the same money that drives the Repubs, drives the Dems.
Votes do not matter in American politics, money does.

When you understand this, it is difficult to be disappointed with the Dems. They are just whoring their votes (in congress) to the biggest bidders (corporations) exactly like the Reps are. What makes it uglier is that they pretend to be the party of the common man, while the Reps make no bones about being for big business.

What we really need in this country is a Liberal or Progressive Party. We Americans don't know what it is like to have a real workers' party like they do in other countries.

Look at it this way. Last month, when the French government considered increasing the age at which French citizens could apply for retirement benefits by two years (from 65 to 67), there were revolts in the streets. At one point, there were reports of 3.5 Million people protesting. And the population of France is about 1/3 that of the U.S.

Can you imagine 10 Million Americans even being informed, much less protesting? That is progressivism. Until we can organize our side, we have no business feeling disappointed by the politicians that the corporations deem safe enough for us to vote on.


EDIT: As to their agenda? That's easy. As soon as the actually Democrats did anything IN their agenda, they would lose the financial backing of corporate America. Thus, they purposely don't pursue their agenda. Their perferred mode is to blame Republicans for the fact that they won't even try.

Of course, one other factor comes into play. Even though the Dems enjoy a 60-40 majority in the Senate, their numbers include a handfull of Blue Dogs Democrats, that rarely vote with their more Liberal collegues. Thus, it would have been difficult to get really Liberal legislation passed.

Mary Said:

Is there a difference between the liberal party of Ontario and the Progressive Conservative party of Ontario!?

We Answered:

What a Shame you lack options

Courtney Said:

How much of the Democratic Party are progressives?

We Answered:

Anything above zero is not acceptable...

Luis Said:

Can you compare and contrast the platforms of the Progressive and Democratic parties.?

We Answered:

The only progressive party was that of the Progressive Party of 1912, otherwise known as the Bull Moose Party.

Anyway, they aren't really that different at all. Many of the issues that formed the platform of the Progressive Party are central themes in the Democratic Party today. It's safe to say that the modern Democratic Party, and the members that hold progressive political ideological views, were influenced by the early progressive movement in the early 20th century, as well as the Progressive Party.

The biggest difference between the two was that the Progressive Party was strongly nationalistic. Whereas the Democratic Party is not. In fact they have a significant strain in their party that you'd swear hated everything the US stands for and as well as its history. They call them the "Blame America First Crowd." A stereotypical group would be the hippie anti-war activists that hate American capitalism.

Look up the Progressive Party and compare their core views with that of today's Democratic Party.

Nancy Said:

is there anything more useless than the democratic party?

We Answered:

More useless, no, equally useless yes. Everything you said about the Dem's goes for the GOP just as well. So yes, it's time we had a choice that was not bought and sold.

Kristina Said:

Is Obama's problem that he ran as a "centrist" yet is now pushing progressive Democratic policies?

We Answered:

Not in the least. He ran as a liberal, but he is now pushing Republican policies. He has abandoned any pretense at progressive progress.?°)