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  • Good oped, but doesnt read that way to me. Its clear she has made some voting mistakes, but the current reality in congress is some level compromise needs to happen to get their support for other votes.

    Personally, for me, my standards are simply “does not take aipac money” and “does not have a corporate benefactor”. Until money in politics is dealt with sufficiently, i cant afford perfection. And even when its dealt with, there is noone on earth who will vote the exact same way i would pther than myself.















  • The reason republicnas in 2016 were able to get trump is partly because the primary field was so saturated with milquetost candidates. The party apparatus was kind of behind Jeb Bush, but Jeb cluld not stand up against the abuse Trump threw at hime and the others. This was the good times, before trump actually won, but was totally abusing these generic polititians. Its really where the cult around him started.

    For the dems though, it really was just Bernie vs Hillary. The party machine coalesced around her years before the primaries even began, and despite what we think about her she was more capable than Jeb Bush. Bernie dis not undress her like Trump did to Jeb, but rank and file Dem voters were different at that time. Still fear driven. Still full of “its time for a woman!” Energy. Not that there is anything wrong with a female president, but that identity was about as deep as it got for some people.

    In many ways, the dem party rank and file is more united now than it was in 2016. We couldnt have rammed Bernie through (believe me we tried) because there were enough people who truely wanted Hillary, or were too afraid to “risk it” on Bernie.