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In reply to the discussion: Top 15 Dem Candidates for 2020 According to the WaPo [View all]Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)And it's not about Bernie dictating anything. This has never been about things Bernie supports and no other Dems support.
I get it that his campaign didn't say enough on the stump about historic and continuing oppression(he had a clear commitment to anti-oppression in his actual platform, his supporters have the same views on social oppression as anyone in the party who didn't support the guy, but he didn't communicate it in his speeches and his campaign did not do an effective enough job at listening to communities of color and to women or speaking specifically to them.
That's why I say he should NOT run again.
But while he shouldn't run again, this party needs to add and COMMUNICATE THAT IT HAS ADDED a significant amount of his economic ideas and his commitment to reducing the role of corporate power in politics-and shape all of that into proposals that account and adjust for the effects of historic oppression.
The idea is to add that on economic justice to our existing social justice commitment-and also move at least slightly away from "bear any burden, fight any foe" on foreign policy. It's not about wanting anyone to take over, it's about blending the best with the best.
Doing THAT is the best way to make sure he doesn't run, and we lose nothing by doing that.