re: #184 EPR-radar

The difficulty with this is that when the GOP runs off the right side of the flat earth and the Democrats politely move to the right to stay in the political center, the result is seriously right-wing. This pattern is more prevalent on economic issue than on cultural issues.

Bernie supporters are often irritating when they make this argument, but I do feel their pain.

The only other option is to stay more left wing and totally paralyze Congress so nothing at all gets done. The Democrats learned from the Carter and Dukakis losses that if the majority of voters in midterms keep giving Republicans some power, that means you have to appease them sometimes. That is what compromise is. Obama and Clinton both got some of their policies through by compromising with Congress on some of what they wanted.