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Populist Reform of the Democratic Party

sabrina 1

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6. The Party would have to WANT that. I don't think they don't KNOW these things, it's just that the

Reply to think (Reply #3)

Fri Nov 14, 2014, 10:54 PM

Nov 2014

agenda of the Party Leadership is different from that of the voters and has been for several decades now.

Until we acknowledge that, we can't even begin to address how to implement true, Democratic policies. To assume they 'just don't know' means, we are starting from a wrong premise.

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