Although the media loves to run stories on a “civil war” within the GOP, the real story of intra-party strife today is among the Democrats. That party has swung increasingly leftward, but to the (mostly white) progressives who make up the real activist base, it is not enough. The biggest complaint is that the party has sold out to Wall Street and big money interests, who, in truth, do provide a huge chunk of money, right up there with the labor unions that extort dues from their members and give it to the party. Writing in Salon, 2-time Democrat nominee for governor of Connecticut and former White House counselor Bill Curry writes a lament that deserves scrutiny by Republicans, even though he regards the GOP as the devil incarnate. Some say a more populist Democratic Party will soon emerge. It won’t happen as long as these leaders and this system are in place. (snip) Democrats are in denial regarding the magnitude and meaning of their defeat. It is a...(Read Full Post)