2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: 30 years of insane Republicans and triangulating Democrats, [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)have gotten us. There is a direct relationship between the compromising of Democrats on Democratic values and the rise of the Fascist right in the Republican Party.
Our Democrats in Congress are far to acquiescent and cooperative in helping the Republicans win elections and get their ways.
Our Democrats in Congress either don't believe in the traditional values of the FDR Democratic Party or they don't have the courage to speak up for them.
Compromise is great, but you don't compromise until you have fought as hard ad you can (legally and nonviolently of course) for what you believe is right. Only when opposing sides struggle with equal determination to do what they believe is right to get a society that is fair and moral.
Too many of our leading Democrats are quick to make sneaky deals. That's just plain wrong. The ACA is an improvement over what we had, but it leaves many Americans without health insurance, and it has allowed pharmaceutical companies to raise prices at unacceptable rates in many cases.