Bernie Sanders' Economic Inequality Town Hall Draws 1.7 Million Live Viewers

[JCanete]

438. you can't govern on your message if you don't run on it. For that matter, it clearly

isn't your message, so what are we getting when we elect you?

If the magic stuff that gets you elected in your district is to not piss off the coal companies or the insurance industry, etc. then you are not going to be an ally when it matters and we are going to be so worried about your precious seat that our party leaders won't take a hard line on how our own members should vote. We won't hold any feet to the fire. We'll certainly stay away from fiery rhetoric because of that guy who's seat is so important.

Holding the house and Senate, maybe the Presidency for 2 years is a joke of a proposition. We've done that a couple times now. That is not enough of a window to change things if the rhetoric we are selling is weak sauce and we aim for incremental steps and get maybe one or two of those steps in that window, which can be immediately "remediated" by the GOP when they regain control. We've just barely hung onto the ACA, and shit ain't over. If we have the presidency, we get to prevent big disasterous changes for 4, maybe 8 years, but even business as usual is killing us. If we can't move forward we are certainly moving backwards and running out of time. . This approach of not demanding progressivism of our candidates is a recipe for having such a tiny window to effect policy, and at such a tiny scale, not one for winning.