Salon.com - Democratic elites and the media sold out to Hillary (abbrev. title)
TUESDAY, MAR 29, 2016 05:00 AM CDT
Full Title - We must smash the Clinton machine: Democratic elites and the media sold out to Hillary this time, but change is coming
Neoliberals, D.C. careerists and the pundits lined up this time. They won't be able to rig contests moving forward
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The tyranny of tactical thinking surely led some progressives to Clinton despite knowing shed likely let them down again. It even infects the minds of voters. In hopes of catching a Democratic ear or two, Ill illustrate the point using polls.
Eight month ago Bernie was a stranger to Democrats. In a recent CNN poll his popularity among them surpassed Clintons. (85 percent /10 percent versus 76/19). The Times poll shows the gap widening. In it, 56 percent of Dems say if hes the nominee theyll support him enthusiastically. Just 40 percent say the same of her. On issues his lead is far greater; thats why she mimics him rather than the other way around.
Yet this is the same poll in which she beats him by 5 percent. Some Democrats who prefer him vote for her. I put it down to tactical thinking. In that same poll 72 percent of Democrats say regardless of how they feel shell be the nominee. Seventy-eight percent say her ideas are realistic; 56 percnt say his are. The case she makes is purely tactical; she can win; she can pass her program; she has more delegates. Theyd be reasonable arguments if they were true, but all evidence says they arent. That so many smart people buy into them only proves my point: ideology makes you stupid.
http://www.salon.com/2016/03/29/we_must_smash_the_clinton_machine_democratic_elites_and_the_media_sold_out_to_hillary_this_time_but_change_is_coming/