It's time to get over Obama.

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291. Unquestionably true.

The Democratic Party agenda is fiercely opposed by the libertarian/neoclassical/Austrian School/"free market"/Ayn Randian bloc who influence elections, politics, public opinion and public policy through their large network of organizations such as the Competitive Enterprise Institute, American Enterprise Institute, the CATO Institute, the Heritage Foundation, Americans For Prosperity, the Heartland Institute, Americans For Tax Reform, American Legislative Exchange Council, etc., etc. etc.

These groups are well funded, well organized, well connected, and single-minded in their goals. They are not restrained by any precepts of ethics in pursuit of their political goals. They're in it for the long-haul. The influence and political power they have achieved over the past thirty years is astonishing. The extent to which they have successfully retrained how the brains of millions of Americans conceptualize ideas such as freedom, civic obligation, and the public good is also astonishing.

The Democratic Party agenda is also fiercely opposed by religious conservatives, which has its biggest impact in the southern states.

The whole enchilada would include racists and white nationalists, neo-confederates, second amendment ideologues, anti-immigrant nativists, anti-Muslim crusaders, the far left (by which I mean radical revolutionary leftists) anarchists, etc., etc.

The challenge is huge. Democrats must hold together and strengthen coalitions and alliances. Our differences must be worked out but we must ultimately act with solidarity.