Clinton: I Urged 08 Supporters to Back Obama, Didnt Get That Respect from Sanders

[LiberalLovinLug]

282. "Do you really expect the millions of young people to vote Dem just because of the label "Dem"?"

This^

Brilliant. So much derision in here for anyone that puts actual policy over party labels. It seems like some in here are arrogant enough to think the answer is "YES OF COURSE!, and if they want more than that then screw em". I always thought that was the MO of the Republican voter. Of course...in general....Democrat candidates are all on board with more socially liberal issues, and so we would vote for them. But you can't live forever as a party based on..."at least we are not Rs".

Young people are smarter than that, especially liberal thinking ones. They look at the platforms. Why would they even bother to come out to vote for a DINO candidate over a Republican candidate, just because one has a D and the other has an R?

Bernie has been, frankly, shaming the Democratic establishment by acting more like a traditional Democrat than many of them. At least like a Democrat that has new, real, exciting ideas, and pushes them, loudly and publicly. I'm happy to see more and more prominent Ds now backing his efforts. We need to rebuild the grassroot support. But I fear the establishment grip on the party will not go away quietly.