Populist Reform of the Democratic Party
In reply to the discussion: Hillary donors WILL support any Democratic Presidential candidate [View all]Cosmic Kitten
(3,498 posts)Amongst family, friends,
and neighbors it is not as obvious.
We are in agreement.
It helps to make our case when
it's been "exposed" that our interests
are not being served, or worse, undermined.
I'm trying to make two points.
1) Big Money has a binary choice.
OR they can hedge their bets and give
to both parties, which they already do.
It's reasonable to consider that they won't go
full T-party and would still support Democrats
not named HRC
If that's true, then the argument that only
HRC can raise enough money to win is false.
2) The "centrists" and 3rd-Way democrats
who demand fealty to HRC because, democrat,
would be put to the test.
Going forward, the Democratic party needs to
put it's house in order and a reckoning of
our values is central to that process.
We will continue to lose elections as long
as there are interests embedded in the party
that undermine democratic values.
How do you think we should view Big Money?
Is it that they ONLY support HRC or repubs?