2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: If Bernie is not accepted here as a Democrat [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)way with big solutions and using government to advance our nation. I.e., are "progressive." The question is more how incremental and conventional or bold and experimental we want the solutions to be.
You may or may not realize it, but many experts feel some of Bernie's "solutions" are not doable or just plain wouldn't work as stated. Even if he were elected he'd have to retrench to what was achievable. Presidents have real limitations to their power. The more ambitious the promises and the bigger the change required, the less likely they are be able to fulfill them.
Remember, FDR and Truman enacted their reforms with support from both GOP progressives and Democratic Party progressives. Our next president will be facing mostly the same GOP this one did.
I wish that Hillary Clinton at least got more credit for the realism of the reforms she intends to implement. They may be less exciting in scope than Bernie's, but we're also more likely to see them realized in some form not too different from what she's describing.