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In reply to the discussion: Is the (D) behind the name more important than the voting record? [View all]KPN
(15,638 posts)Why? Because I happen to agree with him about the urgent need to get big business/money out of politics -- especially out of elections, as well as his view that the Democratic Party needs to transform itself back into a Party that favors the working class over big business. So, instead of seeing lecturing, i.e., scolding, dressing down or berating, I see a leader who is frankly courageous in his willingness to actually stand up for the working class, his willingness to endure the heat and grief he is obviously getting for keeping pressure on the Party establishment. You may call that divisive. I call it building the Party. I call it holding the Party's feet to the fire; holding the establishment accountable. Something we frankly haven't done much of lately, particularly on the economic policy front.