Bernie bails on AIPAC

[RiverNoord]

100. 'The solutions are impractical and unachievable.'...

For decades the Republican Party has out-negotiated Democrats and pushed the 'mainstream' further and further right. And they do it because they're better at it.

Why do they vote over and over again to repeal the ACA? Actually shut down the government? They do these things because they demonstrate what they're willing to do to get their way. Their opening negotiating positions are always extreme, and ground is lost to them year after year. ALL BECAUSE WE DON'T ELECT PEOPLE WHO WILL STAND FIRM.

Bernie Sanders' goals are the kind of starting negotiating positions the Democratic Party needs. Very, very badly. His positions have the support of millions and a great many Republicans would face serious prospects of getting the boot because of the power of that support. They'd know it, and suddenly they would be faced with the necessity of compromise for the first time in many, many years.

That's what 'impractical and unachievable solutions' will get you. Do Republican voters really think that someone like Donald Trump would kick out all Muslims from the United States? They just like the sound of it, and that hellish SOUND SCARES THE HELL OUT OF EVERYONE ELSE. And that's how Republicans keep winning, even when they lose.

So thanks one hell of a lot to every Democrat who is so used to this that she/he is willing to toss the towel in before the bell has even rung. I guess it's what we're best at.