Obama warns progressive lawmakers to avoid a 'circular firing squad' ahead of the 2020 election

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17. Compromise is necessary in a Democracy.

It just is. The best politicians recognize that. If you hold out for perfection, you get nothing. You don't wait on the sidelines for 100%, foregoing getting 80% in the meantime.

Making progress is the goal. The ACA was not single payer or universal care, but it was a step in the right direction. It's easier to build on that than to keep trying for 100% for years, starting from ground zero.

Expecting purity in a candidate is a fool's game, anyway, since no such thing exists. You don't throw out someone who can win just to insist on someone who is more pure, according to one's opinion. No candidate does us any good, if he's not elected.

Having said all that, I still don't see anyone that I think is a great candidate, although I think some are good. I'm hoping the debates clarify and a couple rise to the top and capture the enthusiasm of the public. A lot of the public....not just a segment of Democrats. I think we need to appeal to left leaning independents, as well. Enthusiasm is necessary to get people to run, not walk, to the polls. It's less about ideology to me. They all support the Democratic Party Platform, which is climate change, working for the working people & middle class, health care for all, protection of Social Security and Medicare, etc.