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So You Want To Form A New Party? Hmmm, Come With Me. by: Something The Dog Said Sat Aug 29, 2009 at 14:35:58 PDT ( - promoted by buhdydharma ) From time to time over the last few years there have been some of our fellow Progressives/Liberals who despair of the Democratic Party getting its act together and thus out of anger or frustration float the idea of abandoning the Democratic Party and forming a new one to the left of the Democrats. The Dog is not in favor of this, but he thinks he has not been very clear in why it is a bad idea. First off if you want to bail on the Democratic Party, don't wait! You have a hell of a lot of work to do in order to get an agenda passed so why are you hanging around here? In the spirit of being helpful, the Dog would like to offer a bit of a run down in what it will take to get your new party up and running. "Originally posted at Squarestate.net" There's More... :: (127 Comments, 2400 words in story)