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In reply to the discussion: Nation: "The Democratic Party’s Draft Platform Doesn’t Oppose TPP—That’s Bad Policy and Bad Politics [View all]Tal Vez
(660 posts)that I know as much about how to get Hillary Clinton elected president as the political experts that she has hired. So, yes, unless she starts doing crazy things, I will defer to her and to the experts that she has hired to chart the appropriate political path. So long as she is leading in the polls, I will trust that she is properly handling her campaign.
I know that there are people who believe that if she just signs on to any campaign platform that is placed in front of her, that all of the wishes placed on the list will magically become law. But, those people are just naive. Those people have not won the nomination of a major party for president. We need a victory, not a wish list.
The first job is to win and to become president. A related goal is to fill our legislature with friendly faces who will assist in passing the laws that we want. If we do that, our wish lists might have some real meaning.
Let's let the people who have a record of winning elections decide what is best to include in a platform. If someone wants to let the world know what is on his political wish list, he can write a book or a letter to the editor. But, he shouldn't be permitted to use that wish list to hinder or cripple the chances of a candidate who is winning without the list.