12 reasons it would be crazy not to vote for the Democratic Presidential nominee in Nov:

[jeff47]

18. Yeah, let's look at the record on those

Social Security

Repeatedly offered up by Democrats as part of a grand bargain. For example, chained CPI.

Medicare

Cut in our most recent "must give Republicans something" budget bill. Cutting provider payments does not help with the enormous increase in providers we need as boomers retire.

Medicaid
Obamacare/health care

You mean the things Democrats are hiding from in all of their campaigns? Their unwillingness to mention these programs are surely a sign they will be fought for.

Climate change

Yes, opening the eastern seaboard and the arctic to drilling will be very helpful at advancing climate change. Oh! You wanted to stop climate change. My bad.

Black lives matter

By my count, we've got 2 excessive force federal prosecutions in the last 8 years. I likely forgot some.

How about a bill that makes assault under color of law enforcement a federal crime? That way we the feds can get involved without having to show a civil rights violation. Would also be a mechanism to create the Federal standards that both O'Malley and Sanders have talked about.

Women’s rights,
including right to control their own bodies

You mean the subject we've spent the last 40 years handing over little bits and pieces to the Republicans? Moving the ban to 20 weeks is only 6 weeks, so no big deal, right?

LGBT rights

Our politicians have primarily sat on their ass and let the courts do the work. DOMA was ended by a court ruling, and then later repealed in a showy flourish. "Gay marriage" was left up to the courts.

Most of our politicians have shown extremely little bravery on this.

Voting and civil rights

Yeah, look at all those times the feds shut down voter ID laws!!

Prison reform

Uh...forgetting who helped put us in the place where we need prison reform?

Union rights

Repeals of "right-to-work" laws: 0 or 1 (I forget if we managed to succeed once)

Immigration reform

Who massively increased the rate of deportations to appease the Republicans in search of yet another grand bargain?

Someone has already mentioned Supreme Court nominations should be on the list.

Yeah, no way Democrats would help an ultra-conservative, serial abuser of women get on the SCOTUS!! After all, you just said we were the party about women's rights!

There's a reason a lot of people are no longer buying the story from our party. Shouting it louder will not change their mind. We need better Democrats or the trend of people throwing their hands in the air and giving up will continue.