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In reply to the discussion: In 18 years since Naders run, what has been accomplished by attacking the Dem party from the left? [View all]Demsrule86
(68,539 posts)Bill Clinton never had a majority. Had Perot not run in 92 George Bush I would have been elected...and without Buchanan and Perot running in 96, Clinton would have lost. Bill Clinton never had a majority. He lost the midterms massively because he tried to institute true single payer: a fact that many ignore. I fail to understand why you think the 90's and early 2000's were somehow a progressive moment somehow missed...the facts do not support that view. Bill Clinton saved this country from having two additional repug SCOTUS Justices by winning his elections also.
You all misread the electorate constantly. We are a center left country...look at the states for God's sake. Do you really see any evidence of a new progressive voter block? I don't. I see no evidence the country has moved left, and there is no political reason for the Democratic Party to move left at this moment. It is more like, some are tired of waiting ...and want what they want ...damn the consequences.