I would vote for a Democrat that talks like this

Via Instapundit This has to be one of the most intelligent and interesting analysis by a Democrat on what is wrong with the Democratic Party. If Democrats had followed Andrew's vision, they would have won the election. From The Backseat Philosopher I present to you Andrew, the man that has the ideas to fix the Democratic Party: Our error is that we Democrats are far less understanding than we think we are. Our version of understanding the other side is to look at them from a psychological point of view while being completely unwilling to take their arguments seriously. "Well, he can't help himself, he's a right-wing religious zealot, so of course he's going to think like that." "Republicans who never served in war are hypocrites to send young men to die.” "Republicans are homophobes, probably because they can't deal with their secret desires." Anything but actually listening and responding to the arguments being made. And when I say 'responding,' I don't just mean 'coming up with the best counterargument and pushing it.' Sometimes responding to an argument means finding the merit in it and possibly changing one's position. That is part of growth, right? Here are some arguments that are being made that the Democratic party has simply not responded to, in the larger sense of the word "response" (Read the rest here) I applaud you Andrew. I have added The Backseat Philosopher to my blogroll. I will be checking your site daily as it is the only rational Democratic site I have found. I would enjoy speaking to Andrew for hours on end. You have succeeded Andrew; Today I learned an important lesson from a Democrat and for that, I am a better person.