2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Those Who Say They Won't Support the Eventual Nominee -- Consider This... [View all]Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)They keep demanding we have candidates from the RW of the Party, who turn around and ignore things the folks on the left think are critical. As long as we keep voting for those centrists, they have no incentive to learn that lesson. They need to learn to SHARE power with the folks on the left once in a while, or they're going to find the folks on the left quit showing up to vote for their centrists. They keep moving the Party to the right, and leaving ever more folks on the left out in the cold. Even right now, it looks like they might finally have moved far enough to the right that a leftist has a shot at winning the primary. But instead of embracing a resurgence of the left, EVERY SINGLE centrist is lining up to undercut him. Everybody who is doing well under the status quo is trying to protect that status quo.
Well, there's a LOT of folks not doing so well under the status quo, and they're getting sick and tired of propping up status quo centrist Dems. And we've gotten to the point where if the Dems aren't willing to embrace Sanders this time, there are actually enough people on the left to potentially step out and form an honest to God left party, if the Dems no longer intend to be the party of the left. If you want to be the party of the center, fine. Just don't expect the people on the left to support you any more.