Progressive Democrats aren't turning activism into election wins

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15. Democratic voters like Democrats, it's a big tent party, they want things to get done and

don't think Incrementalism or compromise are dirty words, it's how government works. They don't think the party has to be replaced.

I saw an example of the ideology again here yesterday. The belief that voters want progressive populists but for the last 30 years the party shifted center right, centrists (used to say neoliberals), abandoning New Deal economic policies. Only progressive populists support New Deal policies and that's why they're considered outsiders. (The People want New Deal populist policies so when a progressive candidate loses it HAS to because of rigging or money or some establishment plot. That voters just like the other candidate better is inconceivable.)

Blame Bill Clinton! Supposedly he started it by deregulation, globalization, and free trade to be mean to working people. After the 2008 crash, economic anxiety grew (Obama under the neoliberal bus too -- no mention of Republicans, ever), that's why Trump is so popular (they voted for him because of "economic anxiety," not immigration, racism). I have to quote this gem: "And yet here we are 16 years later and the only party that addresses the economic anxiety of the population is the extreme right wing ... ." They have effective messaging. That's the ideology.

Sigh.