And the system is still a nightmare for far too many people. Coverage is rising in cost, too many people still fall through the complicated cracks, and Big Insurance is getting bigger and more powerful and more of a monopoly.
As for the economy, that was an opportunity to actually press to begin to ursurp the lopsided structure of power and wealth in this country -- and start to restore a more balanced and broadly based system. Instead we have reinforced it, with a few tweaks around the edges.
I agree with you about the need about strategy at the lower levels? But to be perfectly honest, this campaign has revealed a total lack of support within the Democratic power structure for grass roots reformist liberal politics.
I will grant that many people do not see Bernie as the ideal candidate. That is a totally legitimate opinion, and fodder for a competitive campaign.
But why does that have to entail trashing the idea of liberal goals and aspirations -- and why concede defeat to the GOP from the start (yet again). "That's a good idea, but we can never do that. It's too hard."
How is a message like that supposed to excite voters and reenergize the Democratic Party? That is a surefire formula to convince people to either go for the party that actually sells something-- the GOP -- or to avoid the whole thing and give in to apathy and "they're all the same" cynicism.
(P.S. I like you fine. But I get passionate about this stuff....and carried way sometimes 
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