2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumBernie's better poll performance RUINS excuse for DLC/New Dem/Third Way existence
The stated reason a sizable chunk of Democratic politicians "had" to adopt conservative economic, foreign policy, budget priorities, giveaways of the commons through privatization, and essentially making government subservient to corporate interest because Reaganomics was just SO popular with voters.
Now that Bernie Sanders is beating Donald Trump in the polls by far more than Hillary is, shouldn't the DLC/New Dem/Third Way either shut down OR admit that serving corporate and Wall Street interests is more important to them than winning elections or passing progressive policies?
Raster
(20,998 posts)...EVERYONE KNOWS that The Third Way is the only way to breathe new life into the party, and, most importantly, new money into the party coffers, because big corporate donors are the only way to go.
Maedhros
(10,007 posts)That one's dead and buried in the cold, cold ground.
yurbud
(39,405 posts)after the fact bribes of jobs as lobbyists, lawyers, do nothing board members, and/or donations to foundations and presidential libraries.
The back end deal is why DLC pols don't mind losing--once they leave office they make A LOT more money.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)Hillary's better vote performance RUINS excuse for Democrats For Five Minutes being allowed to run as a Democrat.
yurbud
(39,405 posts)That should tell you the bloom is coming off the DLC rose.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)If not for 'Independents' and Republicans in a handful of states, he would have gone nowhere.
bahrbearian
(13,466 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)GE voters?
yurbud
(39,405 posts)cliffordu
(30,994 posts)Who vote in the general is going to bite you on the ass.
And I will watch in smug satisfaction when it does.
Broward
(1,976 posts)Also, too many Dems are uninformed or misinformed and are enabling the corporate vultures.
stillwaiting
(3,795 posts)I am sure that is one reason they are nervous.
Trajan
(19,089 posts)The nation is far more liberal than the right wing media would allow to be reported ....
MisterP
(23,730 posts)his economic "revolution" (i.e., neoliberalism plus bubbles) made Schroeder, Blair, Chretien, Mitterrand pick it up too: it'd been a thundering failure under de la Madrid, Salinas, and Deng (until US jobs poured in) and Yeltsin
so this exhausted Reaganaut nonsense, last spotted in the likes of Tsongas and George Gilder's ravings, was seen as the cureall after the 1994 defeat of even Ann Richards
bahrbearian
(13,466 posts)apnu
(8,758 posts)The DLC/Thrid Way people in the Democratic party have run away from liberal ideals. Its a damn shame because America is a pretty liberal country.
It was liberalism that revolted against the crown. It was liberalism that wrote the Constitution. It was liberalism that ended slavery. It was liberalism that gave women the right to vote. It was liberalism that passed the New Deal. It was liberalism that passed the Civil Rights Act.
All the great steps America has taken, they've been taken by liberals. Running away form liberalism is a grievous mistake.
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)Recursion
(56,582 posts)Demsrule86
(68,586 posts)Include Hillary voters....oh not so exciting after all...he is done...and who care about his polls ..only the GOP and Sanders supporters.
yurbud
(39,405 posts)Hillary getting the nomination won't change that.
silvershadow
(10,336 posts)Lizzie Poppet
(10,164 posts)The Third Way (and their candidate) haven't kept up.
Betty Karlson
(7,231 posts)LWolf
(46,179 posts)the Democratic Party has voted and manipulated to make sure neoliberalism continues to hold the reins.
Betty Karlson
(7,231 posts)You can't have a future and eat your future too. Same with cakes.
LWolf
(46,179 posts)Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Sanders in the GE are useless.
yurbud
(39,405 posts)Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Looking at 1976 is going to help very much.