Technically, he's been an ex-KKK member for many decades now, and has publically repudated the klan. Let's try to have some honesty. and remind me why Trent Lott lost his Senate Leadership position...
Byrd is ex-klan, but in unguarded moments he still has quite a few racist blips here and there.
What makes him so terrific? He lost his election for Governor... he doesn't have any genius strategy like Dean... what makes you think he'd be effective at the job?
A) he rallies people well, we need an energetic grass roots movement like the last time, for whatever issues those like myself disagree with Steele on, we'll take the reigns on those. B) with more enthusiasm comes more donations, which the Republicans lost with the spineless bunch we had the last couple of years. C) You're bringing up Dean, a psychotic, loudmouth, former governer with multiple failed attempts at higher office as an example of brilliance? Does not compute.
I also always wondered. Why is it that Republicans always accuse Democrats of being "too left", but want to draw their party away from the center? It always seemed a double standard to me.
I don't want us to be left at all, if the constitution forbids something we need to tell those suggesting said change to stick it......the problem is the spineless Rebublicans I mentioned earlier that think going to the center wins elections.