2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: If Clinton gets the nomination, what do you think [View all]Nanjeanne
(4,950 posts)then I think the progressive movement will be very strong and have many more allies and in 4 years will present a very progressive nominee to battle an incumbent Republican. If she loses, I think the standard beltway bull of electing a "pragmatic" middle of the road corporatist Democrat will be very diminished.
If she wins, I think the progressive movement will face huge challenges. The media and the establishment will point to her win as a reason to continue with politics as usual. It will be "continue as always" and not much will happen regarding getting money out of politics, cronyism or corporations and lobbyists writing our laws. She will be better on some issues than the crazy Republicans for sure. But it will be a blow, I think, to the progressive movement for moving forward.