This isn't your daddy's Democratic party
Also, it’s important to note that some of the prominent Western Democrats of the past came from a time when two liberal Democrat presidents got us into an unpopular war, while their Republican successor got us out and also signed landmark environmental legislation. Bottom line, today’s party is not your daddy’s Democratic party, and you’ll have a hard time attracting conservatives to support it.
That said, I think we need to find some way of coming together at the state and local levels to deal with all our pressing regional issues. If we wait until we reach agreement on the national social issues of the day, we’ll probably all be long gone and our region will be trashed. I hope that you will continue to publish articles proposing ways that we can focus on the local issues that concern all of us, while we continue to respectfully disagree on everything else.
Neil Snyder
Idaho Falls, Idaho
