2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Why in the world is Hillary spending SO much money on polls? [View all]99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)What I don't believe, is how slavishly some Democratic candidates are
chasing big corporate donors -- who ALWAYS want something in return,
special favors, corporate tax breaks, etc. that are poisonous to the
public welfare -- and think nothing of it, because they call that "real
politics". <-- this is where Citizen's United has gotten us, begging
billionaires for bribes, and it's sicking.
Sanders may or may not win, but either way, he's running a new (or is it
old fashioned?) kind of campaign based on what's good for the general
public's well-being. <-- this is a campaign i can enthusiastically support.
The enthusiasm of his supporters, of all incomes, makes up for a lot
of his "short-fall" in corporate bribes. a bizillion small donors makes up
the rest.
Will it work? We don't know yet, but we're finding out soon enough.