Obama Demeans His Own Supporters

And when you talk about "Democratic ideology," what exactly does that mean? Because Republicans have gone SO far to the right, that means that Dems have to encompass EVERYTHING else, from the far left to the barely left of right. That's a big tent.
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To begin with, there are more than two political parties, and none of them define themselves in terms of what the other guy isn't.  It's not a matter of one of them picking up the slack when another of them goes to the bathroom or out for a cigarette break.

Think of "democratic ideology" as the Democratic Party's mission statement.
 
What We Stand For - http://www.democrats.org/about/party_platform

The charter and by-laws of the Democratic Party - 
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Hundreds of thousands of citizens who are registered Democrats across the country work with their local, state and national Democratic Party organizations day in and day out to formulate plans, policies, legislation that their members vote on (I'm not talking about election days, but within the Democratic party itself), which Democratic politicians are obliged to carry out and made into law.
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