Clinton is the nominee. But the Democratic Party should not just become Clinton Inc.

[Armstead]

85. Short answer

The GOP has dominated the agenda since 1980 and pushed it to the right because they have had clear ideological priorities (wrongheaded as they are) and relentlessly pounded away like a collective jackhammer.

Even when they were down politically, or lost on a specific issue, they just keep pounding and pounding. And they have also been very clear and aggressive (if misleading) about their agenda and actively selling it to voters.

The otehr reason is the Democrats have been lame counterpoint. Either they have preemptively whined "We can't do that. People will think we're tooooo libbbbbberal." Or else they have actively joined the GOP Corporate Club, and sell us out, eitehr in plain sight or under the table.

I will not continue to go around in circles. If you think Clinton and the Democratic Congress and Party Establishment will advance a truly progressive agenda, and push the US back to some reasonable point, good luck. I hope you turn out to be correct.

But in my own opinion, it's not going to happen unless Dems move beyond the same old same old that it has been stuck in for 35 years, and insetad open itself up to new ideas and new participants, and change with the times.