BS: "We will be taking on [...] the establishment wing of the Democratic party"

[yurbud]

169. Here's the thing: a lot of us bought that argument during Bush years

and put the Democrats back in power, and instead of going to the mat to undo as much Bush admin damage as possible and enact some progressive policies that not only would be good for average Americans, but would have cemented a Democratic majority for DECADES the way the New Deal did, they pre-compromised with the right on too many issues, and on some, like K-12 public education privatization, they essentially kept going on the same corrupt, bipartisan policy.

That was also true on foreign policy with Obama pursue the regime change policies of the Bush admin, albeit by quieter means and with the admirable exception of his deal with Iran.

Democrats used to have overwhelming majorities in Congress for decades with brief interruptions of Republican incompetence and terror.

Since they have gone DLC/New Dem/whatever they call themselves today, with greater sensitivity to Wall Streets needs than those of their base, they either win narrow majorities or lose.

And in their bid to win over part of the Republican base, they have failed to fight tooth and nail to protect Democratic voters from felon voter purges, voter ID laws, interstate crosscheck, and GOP gerrymandering.

Since you mentioned the Nazis first, the Weimar Republic wasn't exactly successful at defeating them at the pols.