2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Class Warfare [View all]anotherproletariat
(1,446 posts)...the current political realities. Hillary approached her campaign as politicians have been doing for years. Modern presidential candidates need big money donors and lots of corporate investment. So, she went about setting up a traditional campaign, not thinking that it would ever be an issue because it hadnt in the past. Finding herself defending what was expected of her caught her by surprise. No one anticipated an old, frumpy, socialist to gain much traction. However, I think she would probably do it all over, because the bigger threat is the repub nominee, and against the GOP, she needs all the weapons she can accumulate.
Bernies approach is great
but it cant happen overnight, or be expected to. in a climate where corporate campaign donations are still the norm. As long as some candidates are still funded this way, the playing field will not be level. The anti-Citizens United movement needs to hope that the new member of the Supreme Court is on our side, and once seated, need to bring a case addressing this issue. Then a candidate like Bernie has a better chance at his revolution against class warfare.
Granted, Im a Hillary supporter, but I just dont see how she can be faulted for playing by the rules as they now stand. If you are in a war, and know your biggest opponent will have tanks, while all you have is guns
you are surely going to try and get some tanks.