2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Flipping The Script: Questions For Sanders Supporters [View all]lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)At this point in our collective psyche, medicare, medicaid, Social Security, public education and public highways would be considered impossible, were it not for the facts on the ground.
Single payer healthcare, paid family and medical leave and fewer wars are things the people want. If Sanders is elected, he'll be the proof of that statement - even if he achieves few of those goals in his first term.
Sanders campaign isn't about him; what he'll do, what he'll deliver. He's a messenger of the people, and will force congress to explain to their constituents why they don't deserve health care or college.
I think it's arguable that Clinton might get more of her initiatives passed, but that agenda has little chance of meanginfully improving the lives of americans. Yay, modest decreases in fracking relative to that promised by Trump. Yay, moderate middle of the road justices to replace Ginsberg, Scalia and Breyer, to reinforce the idea that corporations are people.