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During a panel discussion about the future of the Democratic Party on CNNs State of the Union this morning, political commentator and former Obama adviser Van Jones made the case that the party should be pressing in a more progressive direction rather than move towards the middle.
After former Democratic Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer blamed Democrat support for trade deals and Obamacare eroding support in the heartland and ex-Clinton aide Karen Finney said there was a need to build grassroots organizing in red states, Jones explained that there were some budding stars in the party.
Naming Kamala Harris and Keith Ellison, the CNN commentator then stated that Hillary and Bill Clinons influence on the party was done.
The Clinton days are over, Jones noted. This idea that were going to be this moderate party thats going to move in this direction, thats going to throw blacks under the bus for criminal justice reform and or for for prison expansion, thats going to throw workers under the bus for NAFTA, those days are over.
Link to Mediaite Article: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/van-jones-on-democratic-partys-future-the-clinton-days-are-over-you-cant-run-and-hide/