2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumThe issue is not Hillary Clinton's Wall St links but Democrats' core dogmas
The Democratic party rejected the New Deal and its stress on working-class Americans in favour of a technocratic elite is it time for a political revolution?
Stunned by the rise of Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton has been at pains to assure the Democratic rank and file that she too understands their concerns; that just like her rival, she is capable of denouncing wealthy interests, of promising to break up big banks and even of hinting that she might prosecute powerful financiers.
After her landslide defeat in New Hampshire last week, she conceded that the way too many things were going just wasnt right. There was a difference between her and the senator from Vermont, however: she was the candidate who would get things done, who could actually make the changes that make your lives better.
These are noble sentiments. Unfortunately, what voters are rejecting is not Hillary the Capable; it is the party whose leadership faction she represents as well as the direction in which our modern Democrats have been travelling for decades.
More: http://www.theguardian.com/global/2016/feb/16/the-issue-is-not-hillary-clintons-wall-st-links-but-her-partys-core-dogmas?CMP=share_btn_fb
Larkspur
(12,804 posts)That Clintonian consensus, which slouches on in the bank bailouts and trade deals of recent years, is what deserves to be on the table in 2016, under the bright lights of public scrutiny at last. As we slide ever deeper into the abyss of inequality, it is beginning to dawn on us that sinking the New Deal consensus wasnt the best idea after all.
TDale313
(7,820 posts)To understand the level of contempt they have for those of us who want to see the party move in a more progressive direction. The status quo is working just fine for them and they are furious at us for crashing "their" party.
Beowulf
(761 posts)mindwalker_i
(4,407 posts)is like Trump saying "make america great." It's a platitude, uncut, in it's purest, most potent form. As such, it says nothing and makes no actual claim. What does, "Get things done" even mean? What things? The TPP (gold standard of trade agreements)? Is she saying she will "work with republicans" - to pass their agenda?
The problem is that Hillary is the purest form of politician. She doesn't believe anything - doesn't really have any positions. She'll spout whatever she thinks will get her elected.
TDale313
(7,820 posts)Progressive who will Get Things Done= I can work with Republicans and Bernie can't. Which aside from being laughable that they would work with her - the kind of things they would agree to work with her on?
tk2kewl
(18,133 posts)but I reject Hillary as well