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]merrily
(45,251 posts)In the guise of becoming more electable, the DLCers drew a line--because the base required it--at abortion and gay rights. And kudos on those. I am staunchly in favor of a woman's right to contraception and abortion and equal human rights for all humans. But those two are among the most intractable issues in the electorate, if not the most. Now, they are both constitutional rights, so the key is indeed to get elected on other issues and appoint good judges to make sure those constitutional rights don't get eroded any further. And to get elected on other issues, you are going to have to show a healthy divide between you and the right. You won't do that by being center right. Yes, of course, you compromise to get things done. But you don't start at center right and then go further right to compromise. That ain't third way. It's 1.2 way.