Just spit balling but what can we do to put Hillary into her rightful place that is the White House?

[Nevernose]

36. DU needs to face reality: Sanders & Clinton both lost.

Between the never ending War of the Primaries (aka the 100 Years War), the wishful thinking, and the desire to time travel, we are never going to do what needs to be done.

Figure out what we did well in 2016, figure out where we can improve, and then fighting for every electable seat from town crier to president -- using all the sweat and money we can afford -- is our only realistic path forward. Remaking the party from the ground up based on the input of constituents into a party that wins elections is not only how we beat Trump, but how we move this nation forward.

That's not me bashing the party, that's me telling people that if they've got problems with the Democratic Party then they've got to get active and change it. You don't have to run for vice-historian for the local precinct, but you'd damn sure better show up and let them know who you are and how you feel. Want to join a bunch of former Berners at an Our Revolution meeting? Great! That's exactly the type of activism many of us are most able to participate in. In fact, I'll see you at the meetings (and the local DSA meeting, too, probably). But after strategizing and networking with my fellow Sandernistas, you can bet good money that you'll see me at my local Assemblyman's next coffeehouse meetup. That dude loves Hillary (actually, it's a little creepy), but that has absolutely no bearing on the fact that I'm a constituent with a voice and he's fairly reasonable and we both want to improve this state.

Sitting around and kvetching about Bernie Sanders' home ownership or the appropriate length of time the Clintons should hide like they were in a Hawthorne novel serves one purpose and one purpose only: to keep Democrats losing.

Trump is old and fat and loves KFC and believes exercise will drain his finite stores of energy. We won't have to worry about him much longer one way or another. The Republican menace, however, is very real. At best the damage will be monumental and take a generation to overcome, and at worst we're all living in a Steinbeck novel by 2020 and will be stuck there for a hundred years. His agenda obviously needs to be stopped, but we have to choose and articulate what our core values are, how they will help Americans, and how we get those messages out. Those messages will clearly be different for every activist and every politician, but the important point is that we're not going to get anywhere in the long run by playing defense to a psychopath. We can't out-crazy him and we can't out-evil him. We can give Americans a vision of their nation that's not based on hatred and fear.

Our laws do not provide for a presidential election do-over. It's not fair. The people in charge of investigating, prosecuting, and preventing collusion with hostile foreign powers and out right treason all work for Trump and the executive branch. That's not fair, either, but that's just how the constitution works.

Y'all really want to fix this shit? Get your state leaders to expand early voting, vote by mail, and voter registration. In places where ID is required to vote, help Democrats get their IDs (which is a beneficial social justice project in and of itself). Make your neighbors vote. Stop telling your coworkers why Trump sucks and start telling them how the Democrats all have better health care plans, better education plans, and actual "family values," even when they differ from one another.