I've heard the pleas to progressives from DLC apologists to accommodate Southern men. Unfortunately the only way they can be placated is by acquiescing in the voter suppression Rethugs and ALEC are determined to expand; by acquiescing in the rejection of Science their young-earth-creationist worldview straitjackets them in; by acquiescing in the misogyny that is at the root of their fetus fetish; by acquiescing in the disdain for the poor/unfortunate that is the product of a century of resistance to the emancipation proclamation. No there is no way to accommodate this brand of Southern man, we are right around the corner where these dinosaurs dont actually matter to building a progressive majority. FDR's coalition was eternally broken by the Civil Rights & Voting Rights Acts and pretending Humpty Dumpty can be put back together is inherently not progressive.