In case you needed more evidence of the untapped power of young voters:

[Awsi Dooger]

33. The real voting world is that mythical center

I've made that point here and on other sites like defunct MyDD for the past 20 years. I am liberal but only a masochistic nutcase would somehow believe that forcing liberals onto the national electorate is the ideal plan.

We could have gotten away with it in 2008 because the situational slant was heavily in our favor due to Bush's sustained 35-42% approval rating since Katrina, the economy tanking, and voters ready to change parties after 8 years of Republican rule. That was the time to nominate someone like Elizabeth Warren. She could have pushed through meaningful legislation including better health care, etc.

If we try that type of thing now against an incumbent whose party has been in power only one term, the situational realities will reject us without concern. I get tied of pointing out that 46% of Floridians dismissed Andrew Gillum as too liberal for the state, and likewise 42% of Georgia voters with Stacey Abrams. The midwestern job loss has made those states a heck of a lot more problematic than they were a decade ago.