Cafaro: If We Marginalize Rank and File Dems in the Middle of the Country, We Will Never Win Nationally Again

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CAFARO: "But I really believe this: That we can be Progressives, you know, when it comes to issues. I’ll just use myself as an example. I’m pro-choice, I'm pro same-sex marriage, pro social safety net. But guess what? I believe in regulatory reform, I believe in lower taxes, I believe in making sure that we have smart reform when it comes to investing in our social safety net. So I think if we marginalize, you know, what I believe is the majority rank-and-file Democrat in the Midwest, what’s going to happen is we are never going to win a national election again because people in the middle of the country see the Democratic Party as a coastal party that is focused on, you know, issues that are not necessarily directly impacting them. So we need to focus on those kitchen table issues, you know, and that doesn’t mean that we’re Republican-lite. It doesn’t mean that we’re abandoning core principles. It means that we are listening to the American people and not trying to get the perfect in the way of the good."