2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders: "Powerful interests...hate my guts, and I welcome their hatred" [View all]LuvLoogie
(7,168 posts)where we are and how we got here. And he is good at articulating where we could/should be. But he is thin on how to get there.
Don't forget that he voted for the ACA, stating that the votes weren't there for a public option, and that the ACA is a good INCREMENTAL step. Canada does not have a Wall Street, yet they achieved their health system step by step, province by province, over time.
Bernie is appropriating the populist/progressive/liberal ideas of those that came before him, those that built governing coalitions. He is still a lone wolf in many respects, having spent all his public service in Vermont outside of party mechanisms.
But government is a system of laws, and laws are passed by consensus, and consensus has to be built, and consensus requires compromise. Bernie is all about point A and point Z. Hillary hasn't even started campaigning yet, really. She's gathering data and responding. People want her to REACT in the moment, but you know what?
Hillary is running her campaign; it's not 2008. This is the first time Bernie has been in the National Spotlight. Hillary has been here since the 90s, nationally AND globally. Bernie is just now coming out of his shell. FDR was President when he said those words.
And he was a member of the 1%. He was a blue blood who evolved.
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