Would Democratic politicians rather lose than risk losing rich donors?

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4. Politicians know your chance of winning goes down if you are outspent.

So, they do everything they can to avoid that. That means bending the way the big donors expect you to bend. As long a big money is involved in our politics, that's how it is going to be.

The Democrats could be on the side of every issue the voters want but if they are outspent by the republicans by 2 to 1, they would probably lose. Whoever controls the message controls the outcome.

But, the Democrats do need to find a message that resonates with voters. They have failed at that for some time. "We aren't the crazy ones" just isn't enough.