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In reply to the discussion: Some day before I die I would like to see a US President who [View all]patrice
(47,992 posts)prioritize, so he goes where his base is the strongest. That's. the. way. it. works. And ever since what's-his-name's very honest and true remarks about "the Professional Left" (Arianna-the-Left's-wet-ponyfairy-dream Huffington & Jane Hamsher, click-trails-et-al), what calls itself "the Left" has been working its ass off to tell everyone that they no longer support PO, so they got reduced in priority as not worth the political price, while he dealt with issues for bigger demographics against an intransigent Right Wing and its LiberTea -publicans. Sorry, that's the way it works and what calls itself "the Left" asked for it.
Now that we got that over with, maybe, just maybe, the authentic Left will emerge and be something that will make the fight worth it, instead of wasting a bunch of opportunities, NOT TO MENTION POLITICAL CAPITAL for other issues, for a bunch of people he can't count on and who went to great lengths to make that perfectly clear.