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In reply to the discussion: Is Bernie Sanders fighting for the Democratic Party? [View all]tavalon
(27,985 posts)from within. The feeling is that the Democratic Party has become beholden to large money donors and lost it's way as the liberal party. Bernie Sanders is keeping mum about that aspect and leaving it to the members who see the Democratic Party this way to change it as the members that they are.
Whether this should be done on the backs of the Democratic Party is certainly worth discussing. However, Bernie himself is doing nothing but going to the heartland to have substantive discussions directly with folks who voted for Trump. I can't speak directly to what Cenk Ungyer of TYT is doing. And I won't speak to what I am doing, at least not at this venue.
This is a safe haven for all Democrats or it should be and I won't change that. I've been here a long time and I want this place to stay a safe haven, hence why I keep my mouth shut on just this sort of discussion.
But, as an aside, 2018 is really close. I think that is where we, the activists, should be concentrating. If we can discuss that without a devolve into 3rd party discussions that would be a very useful discussion. Primarying Blue Dogs is, while an interesting topic, so fraught with ways to end up getting the thread locked, it's probably not a useful discussion. Here.