I see the anti-Hillary brigade is on another tear...

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131. As I see it,

the two greatest evils harming our political landscape are corporate money and gerrymandering. Decisions made in recent years by the SCOTUS have made these worse. In most cases, it was a 5-4 vote led by a Republican-nominated majority. That's how the balance currently stands - 5 justices nominated by Republicans, 4 by Democrats.

I agree that the SCOTUS is too deferential to corporate America, but do you honestly think a SCOTUS dominated by Democratic nominees would have given us the Citizens United decision it handed down? Or the Hobby Lobby decision, or the decision that struck down part of the Voting Rights act? Given the narrowness of the current Republican majority and the advancing age of some, I think the chances for a recalibration of the SCOTUS itself in the next 8 or 9 years are strong, as long as we can get a Democrat elected in 2016.

Believe me, I really do see your point. I agree that the Democratic Party has moved far too close to the political center since the 1980's. But acting in a way that might help get a Republican elected just isn't an option for me when one balances the world I want with the world we have.

I'm doing what I can to change this. I pay attention to the news, I vote in local as well as state/national elections, I engage my neighbors on political issues, I write to my congressman from time to time, and I take part in the caucuses. I will also be supporting the most progressive candidate in 2016 in those caucuses - not HRC. But the kind of electoral landscape we have means that HRC might very well be the nominee. If that happens, I will do what I can to get her elected to the White House and continue to fight for progressive causes wherever I can.