Great stuff Cory. But recall that the Dems were once ruled by the Dixiecrats (and Jim Crow was there policy). Progressivism was merely a small rural uprising and swiftly put down long ago. When the Neoliberalism (actually Neofeudalism) CULT captured the planet they sought to out Thatcher Maggies and Ronalds. Like the the characters in Waiting for Godot, many Dems are still waiting for Second Coming of FDR (when he was their parties greatest aberration). Only now that the GOP has become the Gestapo Operative Party, do we keep waiting for miracle from the Dems. We need an Anti-Neorentier Party, but even mildly socialistic movements are no match for all the Nazi propaganda.