Rep. Price: “Our politics is not as ideological to start with on the Democratic side.”

Democratic North Carolina Congressman David Price is one of the people interviewed for this politico.com online debate question:

Fall of the angry left? Will purity doom Republicans in November?

Here is part of Rep. Price’s answer. You’ll find the full answer here. (emphasis is mine)

In Arkansas, I do not think the ideological distinction between the two [Democratic] candidates was that great, but clearly there were some groups supporting Halter. In a similar way you could deconstruct the Pennsylvania race between Sestak and Specter. There are just so many unique factors at work there. In other words, there is not a comparable Democratic trend toward ideological purity, or kind of extreme or strident elements of the party getting a hold of the electoral process, to what we see among Republicans. Our politics is not as ideological to start with on the Democratic side.

I have no problem with anyone’s politics being based in ideology and it is evident from left to right. For example, ask a pro-choice Democrat about anything they consider related to so-called “reproductive rights” for women. If it wasn’t based in ideology, pro-choicers would have no problem admitting that TWO people die when a pregnant woman is killed.