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In reply to the discussion: "Bernie Sanders talks about...the possibility of a presidential run...." [View all]dreamnightwind
(4,775 posts)The primary is the place for this. I'd support him with everything I've got.
If no real progressive runs, we all lose. The solutions to this nation's ills are on the left, not in the middle, partly because the powers that be have made sure nothing left of center gets done for a long long time, and partly because the left supports the 99% over the needs of the 1% whose needs are well taken care of.
We badly need a national conversation about so many issues which neither party currently discusses at all. Most of these issues would naturally fit well with what the Democratic Party is supposed to be about. So someone on the left with some clout needs to step up, and we need to get behind them. Bernie is probably the best possible guy for that role. Grayson, Warren, maybe a couple of others would be fine also, but someone needs to do it, and not in the Kucinich way, someone needs to step up and give some serious momentum to progressive policies.