Hillary's Only Hope To Tame Worst Habits: A Real Primary Challenge - Preferably From Elizabeth Warren

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25. Agreed. It's not hard to see that Dem voters aren't showing up because they feel

no one represents them. If Dem leaders cared, they'd look at your poll results and say to themselves, "Why, here's a problem! We aren't doing what our bedrock constituency wants, and that's why they're not voting for us. Maybe we should go back to our progressive roots!"

But they don't do that. In fact, they are still running away from the stuff Warren and Sanders say every day. Why is that, I wonder? IMO, it's because they are, philosophically, not progressive or liberal any more. They are something else, and all that hippie stuff makes them uncomfortable because their friends in high places don't like it.

Look at the Republicans. They can lead their band of ignoramuses straight off a cliff. The dem base is not stupid enough to follow anybody who displays a D after his/her name; if we were dumb, we'd be Republicans. Dem leadership actually has to offer to work for something we want, AND be credible in their presentation so that dem voters will actually believe that that person will work hard to deliver on it. I thought Obama might be the one, but when he had a RW preacher to speak, and then appointed Geithner, I knew he was a go-along pretender. Now, the dem base is looking deeply into the backgrounds of all Dem contenders. If they can't show a definite progressive attitude in their associations, their promotion of progressive policy over 1% policy, etc., in their lifetime of public service, then we won't vote for them.