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Why do you keep saying the party shed its moderates? It's just not true.
The left was shed, or until recently, marginalized, with the advent of the New Dems as I mentioned to you in another post as the party became increasingly donor reliant and friendly from the 80s onwards; I even provided you with a link detailing their history, and how the conservative wing basically usurped the party and displaced the FDR wing/traditionalists. As stated, the mainstream Dems of today are essentially 90s Republicans on all but social issues; it's painfully obvious when you consider that their grand solution to the healthcare issue with control of every chamber of government was to draft a flawed GOP/Heritage Foundation proposal from 93.
The fact is that what passes for a moderate in America just isn't cutting it anymore; people don't want good cops to the GOP bad who represent their donors and sponsors foremost and not their constituents, and only really disagree about how much or how quickly those monied interests should **** you and this country.
Both parties owe their heart and souls to the moneyed elite. To corporations, wall street firms, lobbyist, special interests etc. That I don't debate. Who really represents their constituents, you mentioned healthcare. Here are the polls when the ACA was first passed thanks to RCP:
Below are the polls thanks to RCP of public opinion on the ACA when the Senate passed it in November of 2009
CNN/Opinion Research 12/2-12/3 36% for 61% Against/Oppose +25
Rasmussen Reports 11/29 - 11/29 41% for 53% Against/Oppose +12
Gallup 11/20-11/22 44% for 49% Against/Oppose +5
Ipsos/McClatchy 11/19 - 11/22 34% for 46% Against/Oppose +12
Rasmussen Reports 11/21 - 11/22 38% for 56% Against/Oppose +18
FOX News 11/17 - 11/18 35% for 51% Against/Oppose +16
PPP (D) 11/13 - 11/15 40% for 52% Against/Oppose +12
Below are the polls thanks to RCP of public opinion on the ACA when the House passed it in March of 2010
Bloomberg 3/19 - 3/22 38% for 50% Against/Oppose +12
CNN/Opinion Research 3/19 - 3/21 39% for 59% Against/Oppose +20
CBS News 3/18 - 3/21 37% for 48% Against/Oppose +11
Rasmussen Reports 3/19 - 3/20 41% for 54% Against/Oppose +13
Quinnipiac 3/16 - 3/21 36% for 54% Against/Oppose +18
Democracy Corps (D) 3/15 - 3/18 40% for 52% Against/Oppose +12
FOX News 3/16 - 3/17 35% 55% Against/Oppose +20
So did the Democratic controlled Senate and House give the people what they wanted or did they go against the peoples will?