Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: 'Down-Ballot Carnage': James Clyburn Sounds the Alarm About Bernie Sanders Nomination [View all]rwsanders
(3,180 posts)because of becoming republican lite. Most democratic voters (outside of the bubble here) support progressive policies and those policies are supported by a MAJORITY of republicans.
More of the same is unelectable, analysis shows the "swing voter" is actually and very small group and largely a myth. The side that will win will mobilize their voters.
Another moderate in the end will be ineffective at dealing with the threats we face even if they could win. Does anyone here really comprehend the threat that never ending wars and climate change pose?
Democrats held majorities at the beginning of Clinton and Obama's first term and nothing happened. The mood soured and they lost the majority in the mid-terms. They hemmed and hawed and insisted that they were frozen because they didn't have a super-majority.
The left has failed in this way world wide and it is causing a swing toward the radical right across the globe.
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/nprs-egregious-takedown-of-bernie-sanders-fact-checked/
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/robert-reich-makes-the-case-for-sanders-and-warren/
So this is how I plan to judge my candidate (does yours make the cut?):
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided