Thought experiment: Would President Warren actually have any different results than Obama

[Armstead]

97. In response to your sarcasm....Progressives weren't expecting miracles or "ponies" after 2008

I know it's clever to paint anyone who is even remotely critical of the performance of Obama and Democrats in the last six years.

It's a lot of fun to assume that we demanded that Obama become Karl Marx -- or even Bernie Sanders -- with a magic wand.

But that attitude of condescension is one reason the Democrats as a whole are not in a better position to beat back the GOP hounds.

Many of us know full well the meaning of compromise, pragmatism and all of that...In fact many of us are a lot more like what Obama claims to be at his best.

But there is a difference between all of that and moving in the wrong direction and/or giving into the status quo from the git go.

And we are certainly aware there is a huge middle ground between getting everything we want and seeing the Democrats disregard and occasionally insult a large swath of the liberal base as "far left" and "naive" and all of those wonderful terms you love to throw around.