Has the Democratic Party been hijacked by extremists?

Answer 1

It is possible that the Democratic Party has been hijacked by a mix of Progressives and just enough democrats to make it look like the progressives are just another part of the democratic party. However, it becomes easier to see that the Progressives are not really part of the democratic party by the amount of vitriol and anger that is being expressed towards the Clintons. Even the republicans have a new found respect for Hillary Clinton from the amount of media abuse she has taken in the past two months. The lack of any gratitude towards Bill Clinton for being the first democratic president since FDR to serve two terms in office, and oversee excellent economic times has horrified many in middle america, who have now been labeled racist and uneducated for voting for Hillary Clinton. Additionally, many internet groups and supposed news websites that do not support Hillary Clinton, such as Huffington Post, Daily Kos, Oped News, and a few more are also known for being progressive oriented. Those who do support Hillary Clinton are now being called uneducated and racist. Ironically, those who are college educated received their education as a result of the Clinton years and the prosperity that it entailed. Too young to know that their own parents were able to save money during the 90's so they themselves could have an education, the newly educated clamor for "change" which has caused many younger people to pigeon hole the Clintons as being like George Bush, even though Bill Clinton reduced the overall budget deficit whereas George Bush has allowed the budget deficit to explode and the US dollar to devalue by over 40%. The Media has also dabbled in bashing the Clintons over the past couple of months while also attempt to portray Hillary Clinton as the one who "started it", rather than being the one who responded to clamors for her to quit her candidacy back in February. An unreported coup occured in the caucus state votes and virtually no attention has been given to it by the media. Proof of the coup can be found in that Barack Obama's overall winning percentage in the caucuses runs 10% higher than in the primaries, the equivalent of a 20% swing in delegates to Barack Obama and away from Hillary Clinton. Rather than address the issue of which is more important, the cunning, well funded and perhaps illegal behavior during the caucus votes by eager to please Obama followers, or having an accurate representation of each candidates true strength in each particular state, the media has gone with the premise that the caucus state vote is a non issue, even if the delegate distribution is not accurate of the will of the people in those states. The unreported caucus controversy has suffocated the fairest chance for a real democratic race between two very capable candidates.