2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Obama warns Dems against 'Tea Party mentality' [View all]Waiting For Everyman
(9,385 posts)First of all, corruption is a fact not an opinion.
Second, the "extreme positions", or the revolution as we call it, ARE the "views of the broad public". It's the entrenched public officials, who yes are in fact sell outs, who are being dragged along by the broad public.
And third, you can't get a corrupt official out incrementally. The official is either in, or out.
Fourth, as to policies and programs, case in point is the $15 minimum wage. Increases every couple of years by pennies never did anything for anybody. But promoting $15, ACHIEVED something that will make a real difference and it's getting done in a rather short time, only a few years.
Obama is one of the sell outs. It's time he took his outgoing thumb off the scales. I'm sure he has a gigantic and super-fast payday coming for himself, and that should be enough for him. He doesn't need to foist any more corrupt pols on us on the way out.