2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: The Lie [View all]stupidicus
(2,570 posts)at the very least shows the likelihood of her paying more lip service to LGBT issues than anything else because that dark chapter of the Raygun legacy should be news to no one that cares about the issue and lived through it.
I don't think that they've "written off" the progressives of which you speak, I think her conduct and that of every DLC/3rdway leader conforms to their goal of supplanting them with corporate dollars/support implemented long ago, with more conservative voters in tow -- and particularly those that loathe or are in fear of republican excesses these days.
In other words, our disagreement lies largely about when the "writing off" occurred. You seem to think it occurred recently and this example id a manifestation of it. I think it happened a long time ago, and this example is just one of many on a long list that occurred in a closer temporal proximity