Winning

[rbnyc]

7. Well, I guess we will see.

Being afraid to appear to be too liberal just affirms the idea that there is something wrong with that, and helps create more people who shy away from identifying with progressive values. You can gamble on that in order to win, but that strategy erodes the mission of the Democratic Party year after year.

I would rather bet that there are enough people out there who want to see a candidate just plain stand up for what is right without making a political calculation that together we can regain some ground and begin to move in the right direction.

I think fatigue over the kind of political strategy you describe is at critical mass.