Progressivism is NOT just about economic rights.

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63. Perez, the Head of the DNC itself

......Is on a national tour with Bernie. By design. And glad for it.

The purpose of the tour is to transform the perception of the Democratic Party and to transform its direction. Even though Bernie is saying, out loud, that the Democrat Party did not, in the last election, address enough of the pain people are actually feeling—Perez appears with him. And says he agrees with him in many ways.

The point is that the Party has to move left. And further, they have to admit that they have lost young voters because, rightly or wrongly, they are seen as the “other” corporate party and so—to get back into office——they must convince these voters that it is a new party serious about their issues. Which, among other issues, are hugely economic.

The Bernie undermining has to stop. It’s not what the DNC and the Party as a whole wants at this point. We can keep rooting for the Democratic Party team name here, or move on to catch up with what the Party itself actually wants to do.

Which is use and apply the Bernie critique to the content to the Party.

I am a woman, pro-choice and would never not back a Democratic candidate who was running against a Repug in this time of crisis, even if that Democratic candidate, was anti-choice. Because I know women will be better off with that candidate than any Repug.