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There really is nothing wrong than taking a principled stand on issues that differ with other Dems
We haven't had a Democratic nominee since Dukakis (arguably Mondale) who didn't fundamentally roll over for Reaganomics. Acknowledging something like that and that in the hopes of changing the trend isn't a bad thing.
We have had a lot of leaders in the Party. None were perfect. If we can't talk about both, the good and the bad, we won't have the values to govern.