Let’s abandon the Democrats: Stop blaming Fox News and stop hoping Elizabeth Warren will save us

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98. I do! And do you realize that this is why money needs to be taken out of politics?

It is because we have this system of money as I said, that we have to play by its rules and still raise money to be heard in the present time we live in. I'm not disagreeing with you there. But those that do run need to indicate that even if they are taking money as the necessary poison to be a part of the political system that they speak to all Americans and say this is why they want it removed. There's a reason why Elizabeth Warren felt she said what she did about Citigroup and still feel comfortable about having the support to win another election. It is because it is what the voter really want to have happen, but feel like their hands are tied. Many stay home if they feel that they aren't being heard by those they elect if those who they elect don't speak out against the money influence that so many take to get elected on both sides. Democrats care more about this, and this is so many of them (especially those so-called "centrists&quot lost, just like just about all of those that lost in congress in 2010 were also the blue dogs. If you have an electorate that wants a Republican, they are going to vote for the real thing, and not one that acts like one.

Many democrats that lost campaigned without championing raising the minimum wage, when propositions in the same states passed that raised the minimum wage. Those "Democrats" are MISSING OUT with a big part of the electorate that wants progressive legislation and not corrupt corporate legislation but who stayed home and didn't vote for a choice between two evils. We need to give someone to vote for.

Ultimately even some of the big money people will understand that if they continue this money game, and we get some real progressive candidates, and we build an internet infrastructure that helps them get their word out throughout communities, money won't make a difference down the road when Americans get more and more fed up with the corruption that is going on.

We need to be that party that gives them that choice. And we need to do it soon before things like climate change and other things destroy us all as a people.

In short, fund raising is important, and is discussed at all levels of how to do so to win elections in the short term. But all Democrats should be challenged on how they are going to take money out of politics. I did precisely that when we had PCP elections for new leadership a few weeks ago. Many not have answers on how they'll do it, but I measure them more on whether they feel that is an important priority for them to work on in the coming years. It needs to happen at all levels!