Sirota in WAPO: Democrats, find "true" center. Don't compromise

DEMOCRATS FIND YOUR TRUE CENTER (Don't Compromise)

By David Sirota
Sunday, June 11, 2006; Page B04

If Democrats ever want to regain their status as a majority party, they must move to the center. But that means moving to the real center -- one very different from Washington's definition of the term.

Inside the Beltway, Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn.) is called a "centrist" because he still supports President Bush's misguided policies in Iraq; Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del.) proved his centrist credentials when he helped gut consumer bankruptcy protections; Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) is a centrist because he votes for corporate-written, wage-destroying trade deals. And former senator John Breaux (D-La.), now a corporate lobbyist, was labeled the ultimate centrist after working to stop Congress from cracking down on the drug and health industry profiteers who backed his campaigns.

These are just a few examples of how many high-profile Democrats promote the Beltway's idea of centrism -- focused on perpetuating the status quo and abetting the influence of corporate interests that finance political campaigns. But with a centrism like this, so far outside the real center of public opinion, no wonder the Democratic Party keeps losing congressional elections.

full text: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/09/AR2006060902000.html

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Democrats are supposed to stand up to corporations, on behalf of the working man and woman. We don't seem to be getting that message out any more.

Edit: After I read the article at WaPo's web site I hit a link there to another article titled, How to Reconnect With Voters and Realize Your Dreams of Victory. It is also quite good. Here is a direct link to that one:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/09/AR2006060901977.html

I can't get enough of this man these days.

Sirota.

http://www.workingforchange.com/blog/index.cfm?mode=entry&entry=C5FFB89C-C9C2-53C7-4A1A6CA99D70F548

Sirota, You rock!
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Quotable quotes on Sirota's Hostile Takeover


"Every politically engaged citizen should read this book." - Al Gore

"David Sirota is the kind of pundit you'd like to have on your side in a knife fight and wouldn't want to cross in a dark alley."

- The American Prospect


Molly Ivans:

"For my marbles and chalk, the pick is David Sirota's "Hostile Takeover: How Big Money and Corruption Conquered Our Government -- and How We Take It Back." Sirota is a new-generation populist who instinctively understands that the only real questions are "Who's getting screwed" and "Who's doing the screwing?"

The extent to which corporate power has taken over the country and is running the table cannot be exaggerated and must not be ignored. Sirota has not only collected much new and useful information, he has put it into a package that provides handy weapons to fight back.

Si, se puede. "

From the review page:

http://www.fightthetakeover.com/

To quote a similar reference to the excellent Sen Feingold in a recent Feingold thread---

David Sirota kicks ass and takes names.