All of this Hillary bashing is not going to end well. It might be fulfilling for some

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

10. If a potential candidate

can't even survive criticism from her own side, how is she ever going to survive criticism from the other side?

We need a strong candidate, one who can actually take on the mantle of populism and economic justice. Not just another in a long line of people willing to talk populism when it is politically advantageous, then turn around and support the flow of wealth upward to the wealthiest.

We shouldn't EVER run candidates with the tagline 'Well, I'm better than the clowns on the right'. They should always be telling voters exactly how they're going to work to improve the country for everyone, not just for corporations and shareholders.

Ignoring 2016 for a moment, a recent poll I heard mentioned on MSNBC said that only something like 23% of young voters intended to vote for sure in 2014, and that the main reason so few were was that they thought there was too little difference between the parties. Now obviously, there are enormous differences between the parties on social issues, so what young people must be focusing on is economic issues. And they just don't see enough daylight between people on the right trying to pass legislation that benefits the wealthy and people on the left trying to pass legislation that benefits the wealthy.

Dems need to learn the Nader lesson before it's too late. You have to get these young people out to vote, and that means you've got to do your damndest to show them that your candidates actually do care about poverty, unemployment, underemployment, and wealth equality. Not just throw out tepid triangulation to 'win the center', and then complain about people who didn't vote for your guys after you didn't give them any real incentive to do so.