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In reply to the discussion: Post removed [View all]JudyM
(29,187 posts)needed shift/refinement of party priorities.
Our leaders sleepwalked into spending far too much energy on currying favor with big ticket donors, even while talking good Dem principles. That seeped itself into becoming the party's status quo.
Sanders pointed out the stark contrast between operating that way and instead really driving directly toward those core principles, instead of pissing around within the rethugs' mental constraints on us. Such as Reid clearly did.
Schumer's wisdom is in both recognizing the fundamental correctness/integrity of Sanders' Dem version, and also in recognizing that we can appeal to many more voters if we focus on driving toward those core values, which are a starker departure from what rethugs drive toward. Sanders version launches us simultaneously forward to where we can have easier wins and back to our core "support each other and the planet" values, even if at the expense of corporate donors.
Whether the vision can become fully manifested, I'm not dreamy eyed, but having more clear core-values focus - to the exclusion of large institutional donors who want favors such as less regulation - is vitally important, IMO.