Forget Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, Third Way has figured out how to get you REALLY pumped!

[eridani]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/10/30/1442659/-Forget-Bernie-Sanders-and-Elizabeth-Warren-Third-Way-has-figured-out-how-to-get-you-REALLY-pumped#
We checked in with the corporatist Third Way yesterday, and found out that yes, they are still dicks. But there was a reason they were in the news, and it was this report claiming to show what ails the Democratic Party, and how to fix those alleged ailments.

So it starts out with this, er, assertion:

[W]e show that the narrative of fairness has demonstrably failed to excite voters, with three consecutive losing performances with the middle clas

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First of all, "fairness" isn't an argument wholly focused on the middle class, we're a much bigger party than that.

Furthermore, they're hinging the assertion that we've lost the middle class from exit polls showing Republicans winning the $50-100K income bracket. (For example, Romney won those 52-48.) However, an income of $100,000 puts you at the 96 percentile in income (or top four percent). The median income is $41,000, and among those earning less than $50,000, Obama and the Democrats win handily (60-38 percent in 2012).

So aside from tossing out lower-income people as irrelevant, Third Way's definition of "middle class" seems to look, well, like their friends. And sure, those guys may not be motivated by the Black Lives Matter or Occupy or broader fairness movement, but the American majority is. And when the voter pool is expanded, Democrats win. This is so objectively obvious and true that it requires a certain degree of bullshit to pretend otherwise.

But hey, the stuff that excites you and motivates you to vote? Nope, not exciting. Third Way decided. But you know what Third Way thinks will get you pumped?

Head below the fold, and prepare to get your mind bloooown!

[Kalidurga]

1. First comment right out of the gate nailed it...

Are we talking stomach pumped ?

[eridani]

2. Just saw this in GD-P. Belongs here too. n/t

[tecelote]

3. How much money has been spent trying to package status quo as progressive?

All Americans making under $100,000 (and those above with a conscience) should be choosing between Bernie or Martin.

Hillary supporters are letting the country down.

We have the opportunity for change and it's not going to happen with a candidate that is owned.

I like Hillary as a person but America should be about Americans. Only Bernie and Martin are discussing that in ernest.

America needs to change direction and be about people over profit.

For the sake of our people, Wake Up. Please!

[Enthusiast]

4. Kicked and recommended!

[Admiral Loinpresser]

5. "Al From" is not his real name.

"From" is actually his middle name. His real name is "Al From Hell."