DFA responds to the Clinton's lies

[dreamnightwind]

92. It started much earlier

when the Clintons moved into the White House as the DLC ascendancy was complete. Within 2 years, Republican House for the first time in many years.

The gerrymandering certainly doesn't help, but they were only able to gerrymander because they were already in the position of power, gerrymandering is just the vehicle for perpetuating and consolidating power already won.

Gerrymandering can backfire on them, if we ever get the people fired up enough to care about our party again. In an insurgent wave election, gerrymandering works against the group in power. It spreads their support to projected narrow margins of victory across many districts, in lieu of maintaining fewer districts that are more safe. So an insurgent wave election in a gerrymandered context can sweep the insurgent party to winning an overwhelming number of seats.

That is my hope for a Sanders presidency, that he will articulate an agenda that gives people something to come out and vote for. It might take a couple of years, but I think he would be exactly what it takes to bring this about. With the way the corporate media spins everything, who knows, it could all go to hell under Bernie, but I'll take my chances with someone who articulates policies that benefit the masses rather than the wealthy, that's the kind of thing that can drive a wave election, plus of course I think it's the right thing to do.