2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: If you are disinclined to support Hillary, what are your reasons? Here are my Top Ten: [View all]Vote2016
(1,198 posts)FDR's legacy by voting for a Third Way neoliberal.
The country's much more polarized than when likeable Bill was able to triangulate a centrist coalition in a 3-way race, and so if Hillary wants votes, that is not a viable path.
The current polarization takes more than 45 states out of play in anything other than a landslide scenario (in which all states are marginalized). No one outside of Ohio or Florida is going to be boogiemanned into violating their conscience by voting for someone who mocks our most deeply held values in order to "stop Trump" in the overwhelming majority of states where his win is either inevitable (like Texas) or inconceivable (like California).
If she wants progressive votes, she has to become voteworthy to progressive voters.