2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Pro-Bernie Sanders posts to be banned on DU before Democratic Party has a candidate for President? [View all]MisterP
(23,730 posts)them as flipping easily to Pubs rather than disaffected because what 70-90% of the country wants has been blocked
2. they are all certain that they're lefties and progressives--in fact the leftmost fringe possible under the current system; now there's some people who gave up on the party and want to take it back after being indies? nuh-uh
2a. any attacks on them are either originated in the GOP or, by weakening the party, serve the GOP's purposes
3. they're also "pragmatic": they "get things done" while the critics can never be satisfied--why appeal to them?
3a. that's also why they are so close to the megadonors, since you can't win without their millions--
3b. --ironically erasing a lot of the DNC's need to win since the amounts are the same regardless of what happens in the provinces ...
3c. ... so they can punt on a few elections if it'd mean winning with a Dem who'd upset the gravy train