Although I'm coming to the conclusion that there is an angry bitter minority that sits by their computers just waiting for any kind of OP like this and PM their cohorts and swamp the thread initially. If you wait long enough, saner voices usually fill it in.
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And those progressives are just people, Democrats, that basically want the same things as the ones who criticize them in here. Those critics, who if you went down the list and forced them to answer yes or no to the same issues, would be hard-pressed to disagree with anything. Which makes their faux outrage all the more laughable.

You are absolutely right about Hillary and her positioning. Her husband invented the Third Way and Triangulation and she was hell bent on holding on to that strategy till the bitter end. ie. overly careful not to piss off the 'moderate' Republican-lite who would vote Democrat (a creature who is probably outnumbered by unicorns).

Don't blame Bernie for being popular because he championed the traditional Democratic principles. And also moved them further with his proposals of the $15 wage, free college tuition, legal weed, and even floating the idea of eventual single payer. THOSE SHOULD HAVE BEEN HILLARY'S POSITIONS ALL ALONG. And then Sanders would only be the old man who wasn't a full time Democrat that said the same things she did. She would have not only swept every State in the primaries, but won the election handily.