The issues need to be front and center at all times, whether it's campaign season or not, and regardless of who is or isn't elected.

No election is suddenly going to make the billionaires and their circus disappear, so we should be pushing hard left NOW and until we effect the change we're working for.

...Will there still be a "loyalty oath" here on the DU post election?
Will we be allowed to critique Hillary if she strays too far over into the corporate rightwing world?

on past experience, criticism will be allowed, and criticizers will be reviled. For at least 5 years.

Strays too far? Come on. Don't we both know where a Clinton administration will begin?

I know where she'll begin. Fortunately I think it is to the left of Bill. But then again, as many have said before me, "Bill Clinton was the best Republican president we've ever had"...lol.

And treading lightly is essential at this point.

I know no one cares what I post lol, but just in case--Hillary has been signalling an intent to work on issues like poverty and children.

Her new tax credit: http://www.npr.org/2016/10/11/497570475/new-clinton-child-tax-credit-could-help-low-income-parents-but-cost-200-billion

"Hillary Clinton on Tuesday rolled out a new tax break that, if enacted, would put more money into the pockets of working parents with very young children.

The Democratic presidential candidate said she would push for a doubling of the current $1,000 tax credit for children ages 4 and under. An estimated 15 million children would be eligible.

The new help would come in the form of a tax credit, which cuts the amount of federal taxes owed dollar for dollar. Translation: If you owe $3,000 in income taxes, but you have a new baby, your tax bill would fall to just $1,000.

Even people who earn too little to owe income taxes would get cash back from the U.S. Treasury. "It's just like the tax refund check that everyone else gets; it's dollars in your pocket," said Roberton Williams, a senior fellow at nonpartisan Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center."

This person self-deletes nearly every post they post in here. I don't consider that a good faith effort at being a member of the discussion here.