2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: NYT: Hillary Clinton, 1 of most broadly & deeply qualified presidential candidates in modern history [View all]redstateblues
(10,565 posts)How can you say that he hasn't done a good job? Tell that to all the people who have health insurance that didn't have it before- my daughter. For one. Granted it's not totally there yet but it is worth building on. Do you not remember the economy he was handed by the disastrous Bush presidency - granted its not where it should be but its way better. It's like people have political amnesia.
What frustrates me is that I hear no strategy for building the party to take back Congress and the State Houses. Bernie will need that to get anything done yet he has not lifted a finger to use his popularity to raise money for down ballot Dems. No plan to address voter suppression. If those two things are not accomplished I don't care who the President is. Slogans and the bully pulpit do not make a revolution. Bernie has done nothing to form alliances during his time in the Senate. I'm a great admirer of Jimmy Carter, the man. He was my first bumper sticker. Bernies approach reminds me of Carter- Carter was a total outsider- which I liked. Unfortunately he accomplished very little because of that. He never had any Congressional coalitions and let's not forget- this is politics. The leaders that are good at politics get things done. That might appear seemly to causal observers but it's the reality and probably the reason you gave for Sherrod Brown supporting HRC. Thanks for indulging me. I appreciate your tone. If Bernie wins the nomination you will need Democrats like me even if you don't like me!