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2016 Postmortem

daleanime

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1. K&R.....

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Sat Jan 30, 2016, 07:29 PM

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It's a Movement, Stupid: Why Bernie Can Deliver While Sensible Centrists Can't [View all] RiverLover Jan 2016 OP

K&R..... daleanime Jan 2016 #1

Sensible centrist? That must be supporting the oligarchs but allowing abortion, right? nt valerief Jan 2016 #2

Bingo! RiverLover Jan 2016 #3

These guys sound sensible too! bvar22 Jan 2016 #8

It's like TV in picture form! nt valerief Jan 2016 #9

LOL LA LA LA RiverLover Jan 2016 #11

On target (n/t) bread_and_roses Jan 2016 #14

sensible centrist = pessimistic pragmatism Jackilope Jan 2016 #4

This is awesome!!! tokenlib Jan 2016 #5

Pretty much every revolution ever (without exception) has inevitably been disappointing. Zynx Jan 2016 #6

"The fanatics" are simply Democrats who want their party back from the rethugs who've taken it over RiverLover Jan 2016 #10

those revolutions start with utopian promises and "better off dead" lists MisterP Jan 2016 #12

Without exception? bvar22 Jan 2016 #15

Bravo/Brava!!! Well said! (n/t) bread_and_roses Jan 2016 #18

Great quote from Bogota's mayor. n/t JimDandy Jan 2016 #23

meanwhile the "establishment" delivers next to nothing for ordinary americans bread_and_roses Jan 2016 #17

Great piece, nt. Broward Jan 2016 #7

K & R ! TIME TO PANIC Jan 2016 #13

It's not that the corporate Dems are "sensible"..... Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2016 #16

+1 w/ ROFLMAO at the "some old guy from a tiny state full of cows" nt kristopher Jan 2016 #32

Obama could have done it - the people were there for him bread_and_roses Jan 2016 #19

What do you think midterms 2010 would have looked like... kristopher Jan 2016 #33

Where was Sanders and his mobilizing prowess when single payer was needed to be passed through uponit7771 Jan 2016 #37

Yeah, right.. kristopher Jan 2016 #38

THIS is what the pundits ignore. WE are what the pundits ignore bread_and_roses Jan 2016 #20

Such baloney. ucrdem Jan 2016 #21

That's a nice statistic, truebluegreen Jan 2016 #24

Yeah. McJobs with low pay and no benefits, bvar22 Jan 2016 #26

The biggest growth sector is installations. ucrdem Jan 2016 #28

??? "the Obama administration has been doing its part and more to create the jobs"??? bvar22 Jan 2016 #40

1/28 - "Wages fell in 80 of 100 biggest U.S. cities during recovery" RiverLover Jan 2016 #29

Bush's mess will take longer to get out of, that's not dems fault uponit7771 Jan 2016 #36

Reeeeeeeaaallllly? Have you heard of "Economic-Elite Domination" kristopher Jan 2016 #34

Kick Iggy Knorr Jan 2016 #22

"If you stand for nothing, you will get beat by anything" FailureToCommunicate Jan 2016 #25

Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Jan 2016 #27

the problem with "centrists" is they ain't using a bad strategy to get progressive policy through yurbud Jan 2016 #30

K & R !!!! Thespian2 Jan 2016 #31

Excellent, the author nailed it! Uncle Joe Jan 2016 #35

The author is just blatantly factually wrong mythology Jan 2016 #39

The "claim" that Democrats are losing because they aren't running as Democrats but as Centrists RiverLover Jan 2016 #41

When the silent majority stays home felix_numinous Jan 2016 #42

great post amborin Feb 2016 #43

This theory will be tested in the primaries alcibiades_mystery Feb 2016 #44

"Sensible Centrists" = the "Very Serious People". Odin2005 Feb 2016 #45

So serious, they're unable to see what's possible & the thought of change is just too RiverLover Feb 2016 #46