2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I don't fucking care how much they paid her. [View all]HassleCat
(6,409 posts)She is the candidate of the establishment wing of our party. She represents the culmination of 35 years of chasing special interest money and triangulating to steal the issues fro the Republicans. Many in our party consider this strategy a huge success. So embrace it. If that's the way you roll, then keep rolling. Many people in our party think this is the way we should do things. We have certainly been conditioned to think this is the safe route, the surest way to retain the presidency. The pundits and experts agree nominating a democratic socialist is wading into unknown waters, and they're telling us we'll lose if we do so. Clinton will be better off if she stays true to herself and does not pretend to be a progressive, even a progressive who gets things done. She just gets things done, whether or not they're progressive things. Some of them are, and others not so much. This does not matter a whole lot to many people, maybe even enough people to get her elected. But many of them will not vote for her if they detect waffling, uncertainty, retreat, etc. That's not her image, and people expect to see assertiveness, definite decisions, and such from her.