Could a future Democratic Party be reformed by a Socialist?

[RedSonRising]

Though we all know that the Democratic party is seen as the lesser of two evils between corporate-funded dichotomies that have plenty of strings attatched preventing the working class from being able to democratically organize the United States, do you think that if it is impossible to gain control through a third party or violent revolution or slow local reforms, that it would be possible for an individual politician with funding from numerous grassroots organizations and a pool of donations from labor activists to gain the popular support of the people, whether it be through conventional marketing (such as Ron Paul, who I mention only to compare methods of campaigning) or guerrilla marketing in order to reach more people in more places and eventually be able to establish a foundation for a nation of independent workers/producers/white-collar employees through constitutional or legislative action? Can slow progression pave the way for someone to break through to the Democratic Party in years to come, as imperialism and hyper-capitalism unravel the social capital of the people of the world?

[JimmyJazz]

Nope.

[#FF0000]

No. You are talking about reforming the platform of the Democratic Party through funding one guy? All this through the obstacles presented by the corporate donors and other non-socialist democrats?

It's fantasy. Plain and simple.

[chegitz guevara]

Democratic Socialists of America has been trying for almost thirty years now. They have absolutely no influence in the party.

Here's the thing, in the U.S., party membership is pretty open, and anyone can run on a major party ticket, at least in the primaries. Someone once raised the idea of using Democratic primaries as a way to raise the issues of socialism before the voters. This actually might work, but it has one major problem. It maintains illusions in the Democratic Party as a vehicle for socialist change.