2016 Postmortem

passiveporcupine

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22. That was in the past.

Sun May 1, 2016, 06:50 PM

May 2016

Bernie has changed the playing field and a lot of people are interested. More than a lot. I'd rather they work within the party, but I guess the future may prove that to be impossible...because of money controlling everything.

Bernie did it the right way by staying in the party. Maybe in 2020 someone new will take up his flag within the Democratic party. The energy will still be there.

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Has the seed been planted for a new political Party in this country? [View all] kentuck May 2016 OP

not interested but go for it underthematrix May 2016 #1

There are several variations of this flying around PowerToThePeople May 2016 #2

Can I steal this? kentuck May 2016 #3

It is not mine to steal. PowerToThePeople May 2016 #4

or maybe Locrian May 2016 #30

I'm sorry, my first thought was a PEPSI logo... brooklynite May 2016 #56

The seed for the re-alignment of the Democratic party has been- back to being silvershadow May 2016 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author rjsquirrel May 2016 #6

You forgot to add "...yet." bvf May 2016 #7

:-) kentuck May 2016 #8

Since Clinton I and II bvf May 2016 #10

It was nobody's fault but our own... kentuck May 2016 #14

I sheepishly count myself among the suckers. bvf May 2016 #16

Almost the entire Party went along... kentuck May 2016 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author rjsquirrel May 2016 #25

Short-term memory needs no explanation. bvf May 2016 #36

That was in the past. passiveporcupine May 2016 #22

Could there be a liberal version of the tea party? goldent May 2016 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author rjsquirrel May 2016 #31

I think the Sanders movement is dependent on Sanders goldent May 2016 #45

Nope. People want to bitch. They don't want to do the work it would take. redstateblues May 2016 #11

Yeah, whatever. hellofromreddit May 2016 #12

So far it has been a lot of talk. Why hasn't the Purity Party been able to redstateblues May 2016 #29

$15 an hour in CA and NY nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #41

yep - to include the minor effort required to register and vote DrDan May 2016 #26

No. A death knell has been sounded though. cherokeeprogressive May 2016 #13

jury duty Land of Enchantment May 2016 #15

good god Ferd Berfel May 2016 #18

Wow! kentuck May 2016 #35

What IS the definition of is? And if it's in CAPS does it carry more weight? Hey... ALERTER... cherokeeprogressive May 2016 #38

Someone dgibby May 2016 #54

I'm a Hillary supporter and I'd have voted to leave this alone Algernon Moncrieff May 2016 #63

just start with Bernie's platform Ferd Berfel May 2016 #17

I like "The People's Party" with a platform exactly like this~ RiverLover May 2016 #20

Fighting for ballot access is difficult. redwitch May 2016 #21

Ballot access? Ferd Berfel May 2016 #42

Ballot access is the least of the problems nemo137 May 2016 #51

agree but I ws trying to get at Ferd Berfel May 2016 #62

A new party would be a good way to fatally split the existing Democratic vote muriel_volestrangler May 2016 #23

I agree. redwitch May 2016 #27

Actually this is how party realignments work nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #32

I don't think they should go anywhere - that's the point muriel_volestrangler May 2016 #33

Physics like politics abhors a vacuum nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #34

The 'coalition in tatters' is favourite to win the presidency and the senate this year muriel_volestrangler May 2016 #37

It is not dissolving nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #39

But objective measurement shows Congress is now more polarized than any post-WW2 time muriel_volestrangler May 2016 #46

Yes, and some of it has to do with sites like this one and Free Republic nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #50

Why are you saying "you won"? muriel_volestrangler May 2016 #55

Sorry I though you were a bloody yank nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #58

This is realignment nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #24

I predicted inevitability of Republican liberalism in response to another thread today. ieoeja May 2016 #64

There's already a Socialist Party that nobody votes for...do we need two? brooklynite May 2016 #28

Nobody votes for? pinebox May 2016 #48

17,000 votes... brooklynite May 2016 #57

Might want to work on she was elected but nobody votes for them, eh? pinebox May 2016 #60

I would rather disgorge neo-liberalsm from the Democratic Party. PufPuf23 May 2016 #40

If the new party had enough adherents to win a general election, they could just win the Dem primary Jim Lane May 2016 #43

You make an excellent point kentuck May 2016 #44

THIS!!! redwitch May 2016 #47

I believe if Elizabeth Warren had run, she would be crushing it right now. RiverLover May 2016 #49

No she would not nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #53

Nah, such a thing will put white, middle class needs at the front and Jackie Wilson Said May 2016 #52

Surely you are kidding tonyt53 May 2016 #59

My takeaway is that Jill Stein or whoever is running the Greens isn't doing his/her job. Algernon Moncrieff May 2016 #61