was to pull in money and support from his supporters to the DNC and Hillary. And that his popularity, and the refusal of his supporters to accept the "but you will vote for Hillary, right?" mantra was not what they were expecting at all. That old "team player" thing does not work, because the results keep skewing towards Third Way Centrist. Which, of course, was intended, but we were not supposed to notice that. People who are just now taking an interest in politics, because of Bernie, see right through that.
And that is not an evil machination by Bernie supporters, it is the fact that the newly interested people look things up, they don't just accept what is shoved at them, they don't swallow the advertising and messaging like hungry baby birds. They don't just dutifully vote for the D. They see what the policies do to their lives.
Maybe both parties are due for an unraveling. Too bad both parties sold themselves to corporations and Wall Street, because it is clear to me that those entities hold the reins.
Oh, and anyone who could actually see DWS at work down here in Florida would not bother saying that if we elect Progressives locally, that would percolate up through the Party. DWS is there to put a stop to that; the DNC does influence the state organizations. DWS has even not supported Democrats in local elections because she was buddies with the GOP opponents. THAT is our DNC chair.
The Florida Progressive caucus here was threatened with losing its caucus standing if it persisted in backing Alan Grayson against just-turned-Dem in 2012 Patrick Murphy. He only turned Dem because the GOP would not back him against Allan West. NOT because he really wanted to be a Democrat. But he fits in well with the Third Way Centrists, who eagerly compromise downwards with the GOP.
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