What changes does the Democratic Party need to make?

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2. It's gonna be a long, hard slog.

But my first answer? Work from the bottom up, embrace the grass roots, understand that many do feel the current system and leadership is not meeting their needs.

You can't serve two masters. You can't take millions/billions in Wall Street dollars and still fight for the little guy who Wall Street has been screwing over for decades. It. Doesn't. Work. Whatever you think of Bernie, he showed there is a way to do politics even under Citizens United with small dollar donations.

We don't necessarily need to get rid of every person in power in Washington. We do need a new message and we need to acknowledge the genuine frustration of a large number of people all across the political spectrum. Acknowledging the issues and that anger/frustration is not a slam on Obama. It's being honest about the fact that no, we're not there yet. We still have huge structural problems that no President- particularly facing the obstacles he faced- was gonna fix in 8 years. He/we accomplished a lot- but that does *not* mean things are ok.