It would be nice if the far left, for once, did some introspection.

[bekkilyn]

273. It's not enough of a reason

Yes, I agree with you that it *should* be, but it's not a winning campaign strategy, at least when Democrats do it. We have to give solid reason for people to vote *for* our candidates other than that we're not as bad as the other guy. We also have to make sure that the message is really getting out to people rather than just assuming it's obvious to people who don't keep up with all of this stuff.

As far as money in politics goes, your answer doesn't just settle that one. Not by far. At least not with the people you say you're trying to attract. Also, there's been too many cases where Democrats will say one thing while trying to get elected and then do something different once they are elected. For example, there's a mayor...I can't remember if it was Baltimore or somewhere in Washington state...but one of the things she campaigned on was raising the minimum wage to $15 and then when she actually had that chance to do it and make a real difference in her town/city, she vetoed it and gave the usual right-wing talking point that it would hinder job growth. Then there's the lady in NY who campaigned as a Bernie progressive and then did a 180 and joined the IDC "Democrats" who caucus with the Republicans. We have to stop doing stuff like this!

People rightfully lose trust in us and then when we *say* we're for overturning CU or protecting the environment, then people don't believe us even when we do mean it.

(And yes, I know the Republicans do it too and are worse, but that's where people get frustrated and start talking about both parties being the same. The Democratic party right now is kind of like what's said about women having to work 10 times harder to appear half as good.)