Message to the Left-Wing

[PBass]

55. Coalition building is a two-way street, and I mostly see

sentiment from the far left saying that they refuse to vote for Hillary.

There are elements on the left who will settle for nothing less than a complete makeover of our system of government and economics (basically, they want to leapfrog all the slow incremental successes that result from hard work, and skip right to the unicorns and rainbows).

If the far left cannot influence even the moderate Democrats, they have no hope of ever being successful on a national level. And it seems like many on the left don't even see a value in building alliances with moderate dems. And yes, coalitions are a two-way street. But right now, moderates control the party in a convincing way. So the far left's refusal to build bridges means they will continue to mostly operate in the political wilderness. And their political gains will be slow. And their place at the Democratic table will not be one of the most prominent ones.

What the far left talks about (sit out the general election, run a 3rd party candidate to challenge Hillary) will potentially fracture the Democratic Party the same way that the Tea Party has fractured the Republicans (which created a disarray guaranteeing that Republicans cannot win a national election in the forseeable future). That's not coaliton building, that's flipping over the entire card table when you can't win more than a couple of hands.