Reply #3: here is what we will get

[Claudia Jones]

- Clarity about where the battle lines are drawn

- A dramatic increase in interest in politics and action

- The discrediting and collapse of the pro-corporate faction that has gained control over the Democratic party

- Renewed focus and commitment by organized Labor, the environmental movement, the civil rights movement

- Consensus and solidarity on the left

- The unmasking of the conservatives among us who are sabotaging any possibility of progressive reform or a serious and effective fight back against the right wing

- Hubris and arrogance from the Republican party that will alienate and radicalize the general public

This is not what I want, not what I am advocating, rather it is what I am predicting. It is the inevitable result of the failed approach that the DLC conservatives-in-Democratic-clothing have forced upon all of us. Disguising that approach as "loyalty to the president" and clai9ng that it is in any way a powerful or effective response to the right wing may confuse and intimidate a few people but cannot ultimately work.