You said: clear-thinking liberal Democrat has the opportunity here. The trouble is that there are few of them.
You are correct. It is difficult to be both a clear-thinking and honest Democrat.......
"You are correct. It is difficult to be both a clear-thinking and honest Democrat......."
But Moynihan managed it.
And so does Joe Lieberman.
For that matter, to be honest, Mayor Bloomberg of New York manages it. He is the ultimate RINO, in the sense that he was literally a lifelong Democrat who signed up as a Republican only because the Democrat line was taken up for mayor.
Bloomberg is a pretty good mayor. A nattering ninny-nanny about smoking, to be sure, but a pretty level-headed, clear-thinking guy.
Come to think of it, Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and John Corzine are all very clear-thinking Democrats.