2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Mustn't we reevaluate our party since it is is going through a right wing realignment? [View all]2banon
(7,321 posts)These questions you raise here has haunted me for decades actually. Changing party affiliation to Peace & Freedom or Green on a number of "mid term" elections but always returning to the Democratic party for the big one, the Presidential Elections. And every time, I'd find myself "pulling my hair out" for too many political moments, statements, policy positions, etc etc to count and eventually holding my nose to pull the lever, cuz SCOTUS and REPUKES.
The need for a Political Revolution has been long, long time in the making, it took someone like Bernie to spark the fire, and light it "within the system".
I'm not quite ready to write Bernie off as an actual contender, in fact I'm more enthused than ever. But I know the party elite will likely have their way. Whether or not TPTB will be able to coronate her come November and keep the throne from Drump remains to be seen.
I suspect they will rue the day they threw their support behind someone who is so obviously more likely to get trounced when they could have made a completely different decision and achieved Victory instead, if for no other reason than SCOTUS/REPUKES.
My appreciation for you and your contributions runs deep, thank you once again.