2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Seems like we have reached a tipping point [View all]truedelphi
(32,324 posts)Democratic Party. So far, they have solved the "sanders problem" by basically ignoring him. No other candidate in history has had such a tremendous effect on the electorate and been so highly ignored by the Media..
But listening to Fox News the other night, the Talking Heads were saying how amazing the event of Trump taking so many voters by storm has been. And how unexpected. Although they conceded he is now losing a lot to Carson.
Then the Two talking Heads began consoling each other over the fact that the Republican Party is determined to get the real candidate back on track and his numbers back on track. (I tuned in late, but I think they meant Jeb Bush.)
And they said this: "Well a year from now the candidate that has the experience will be the one with the nomination - and voters know very well they can only vote for a Democrat or a Republican, so that will be that."
All the other nations of the world have more than two political parties with significant numbers. And in recent history a third party secured the prime minister's office over in the UK. But here in the USA, the Powers that Be have to keep a lid on it. They can't let us have what people in the other nations have: real true health care, paid for college that doesn't put students into lifetime debt, etc.