2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Hillary Clinton opposes breaking up the megabanks, opposes reinstating Glass-Steagall [View all]RichVRichV
(885 posts)We need people to turn on them and vote them out of office. All compromising and triangulation has done is drive people to them. It's long past time we fight them on every front and win the population back to our side.
Our ideas are better than theirs in every way, we have just sucked at promoting them and pushing them. In the absence of strong leadership, bad leadership that speaks loudly will be listened to. It's why the tea party has grown as strong as it has. It's message sucks, but it speaks the most forcefully.
To many of us Bernie has never been the end game. He is just the start to retaking our country back to the left where it should be. His voice is going to be a rallying cry for many more progressives to get involved and drive the right out.