The Way Forward
In reply to the discussion: So much to do, but first I'd start with a platform from Bernie Sanders, and then move left. [View all]TBF
(34,997 posts)Agree that we need to pass the baton to younger dems, and that there is much work to do.
"Level of support that can win the party's nomination for president" is trickier. We have had, arguably, shenanigans and major disagreements there. As to who the party elite will actually accept (I'm still getting push back in these threads when I bring up Bernie because of the level of animosity that exists in some quarters). The wealthy donors in our party push us to the center. Perhaps the answer on that is to look back to the first Obama primary (ironically that's when I found DU, I was very active for Obama locally) - because the folks that ran his campaign figured out a way to get him in front of voters with his campaign on change, focus on caucuses, and reliance on his own fund-raising. There are lessons there that need to be reviewed.
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