NOW on PBS | Democrats Divided 2008| PBS

This is a preview of the NOW on PBS show 'Democrats Divided: 2008'. See the full version at http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/403/index.html

NOW on PBS reports on a rift between progressives who believe the party has sold out its liberal values and centrists eager to capture a broad swath of the more conservative voters. In Maryland, six-term incumbent Al Wynn is facing a tough challenge from newcomer Donna Edwards. According to Edwards, Wynn has sold out to big business and the Bush agenda, including a vote for the war in Iraq and the 2005 energy bill. Wynn says his challenger is naïve and doesn't understand that there are choices in politics between compromise and doing nothing. Fueling candidates like Edwards are the foot soldiers of the progressive battle-bloggers and other political outsiders like Matt Stoller of OpenLeft.com who are drumming up national support on the Internet. Maria Hinojosa speaks with the candidates and author Matt Bai.

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THIS ELECTON IS ALREADY OVER. The powers that be have already won by keeping the two Demo candidates front and center going at one another, causing the democrats to take sides against one another.

It's a ploy that worked perfectly. Americans fell for it. Bush & friends will only use McCain to continue their reign. The D party will not unite around their nominee in the fall. That's a dream with no reality. We dumb democrats gave it to the Republicans again. They're killing themselves laughing.