Populist Reform of the Democratic Party
In reply to the discussion: No apologies from me, I can't imagine a more vomit inducing nominee for the Democratic Party [View all]Warpy
(111,235 posts)Think about having them run that woman hating antichoice drone from PA, Casey, who was pushed here on DU because he was good on a few issues dear to men.
How about the guy who held up the ACA because he didn't realize the Hyde law already banned public money from being used on abortion, that pious idiot Baucus?
Evan Bayh is another one they could run, a shadow of his father and another conservative.
There are many truly wretched candidates the party could give us. At least Clinton is good on social issues, even though her foreign policy and economic policy are not what we need now.
I will be supporting Sanders if he runs, all the way through the primaries. If Clinton is the nominee, I will vote for her.
I think we need to do better, but while conservatives are entrenched at the top of the party, we won't.
Until then, the primaries are when we remind the inside the beltway movers and shakers that the party is still composed of people who are farther left than they are and that we won't be tame forever. There is nothing like hungry people to upset the political applecart and we're getting there.