2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Forget Sanders and Clinton for a moment. This is a symbolic schism that has been long brewing [View all]RichVRichV
(885 posts)I posted the reference to forbes on the current cost of health care in the US. Last I checked 1.7 trillion is less than 3+ trillion. There for we would save money. That is the real world. Not the GOP fantasy world they pass off. It's backed up by independently verified facts, not conjecture.
Democrats don't lose because we have bad ideas. We lose because we're scared to stand behind and fight for those ideas.
Don't try to triangulate. Don't compromising what you believe in to win. Fight for it. We will reach way more people by being honest about who we are. We have the better message, the better ideas. All we have to do is push them as forcefully as the Republicans push theirs.
That's not wishful fantasy, it's the truth. People follow strength.