2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWhat do you most strongly wish for in a Clinton presidency?
I wish for serious criminal justice reform. That will mostly have to come at every state level. The presidency can set the tone, as the Obama Administration has done. I believe people like Black Lives Matter, Martin O'Malley, Warren, Sanders, Booker, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama and many average people & folks reading here can and will play a strong role in improving our criminal justice system.
I wish for cooperation in Congress to adopt Clinton's proposed tax policy. That is most easy if we elect democrats to Congress. I think this would help unleash our economy.
For our party, I wish for diverse liberal candidates. Apart from the presidency, we're getting our asses kicked by republicans. Especially at state levels. I wish for more engagement and involvement and victories ahead. And when we have defeats, that we help lift one another up via laughter & compassion. As so many do here at DU.
putitinD
(1,551 posts)lovemydog
(11,833 posts)We need it.
AirmensMom
(14,643 posts)madamesilverspurs
(15,806 posts)willing to work.
lovemydog
(11,833 posts)Please!
pat_k
(9,313 posts)...and that the members of the House and Senate push her into "leading" the way to Universal Health Care, progressive taxes, economic justice...
A good read:
https://www.amazon.com/Nordic-Theory-Everything-Search-Better-ebook/dp/B018QLGBF2/ref=dp_kinw_strp_1
I want to live to see us get on the road to that "better life."
High hopes, but you've gotta dream big.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511811478
lovemydog
(11,833 posts)progressive taxes & much more economic justice.
Thanks for all those inspirational quotes pat_k. We've got to keep having high hopes & dreaming big. We can accomplish a lot of these things in our lifetimes if we keep inspiring each other.
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)1. immigration reform once and for all
2. tax code reform so millionaires and corporations pay the fair share
3. criminal justice reform, including decriminalizing of marijuana
4. 3 center-left supreme court justices and the end of "Citizen's United"and dark money in politics eliminated
lovemydog
(11,833 posts)she'll make it a top priority. Let's help give her a better congress to get that done.
GreenPartyVoter
(72,378 posts)to then hand it over to the Repubs to shred and pull it further rightward to the point of insanity. Learn from your mistakes, and do not hand everything back over to the Repubs in another midterm shellacking!
lovemydog
(11,833 posts)any more!
LeftRant
(524 posts)lovemydog
(11,833 posts)djg21
(1,803 posts)Including Thomas and Kennedy and a Democratically controlled Senate.
VulgarPoet
(2,872 posts)Glass-Steagall being reimplemented. Net Neutrality becoming something that telecos can't just blatantly ignore and then get slapped on the wrist for minor fees later. A tech-literate government. Military funding being cut. Our ailing infrastructure actually being fixed. i.e. things that I don't believe any administration will ever get to.
lovemydog
(11,833 posts)if we get a more liberal house & senate!
Clinton's Wall Street reform proposals are very strong. Again we need a more liberal house & senate.
I do believe we'll repair our infrastructure. State levels can do a lot if they have more liberals making decisions as well.
obamanut2012
(26,083 posts)I have spent eight years worrying about that with Obama and his family, too.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)supreme court and otherwise with decent judges that she suspects will overturn citizens united.
Johnny2X2X
(19,074 posts)A new voting rights act is needed.
lovemydog
(11,833 posts)Eliminate the roadblocks constantly being put up by republicans. For sure Johnny two times. Hey, how ya' doing. Hey, how ya doing.
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)lovemydog
(11,833 posts)I know I'm sounding like a broken record on this thread, but we need a more liberal congress to help her achieve it. There's no question Hillary would sign it into law if congress passes it.
Bucky
(54,027 posts)I guess I'm asking Republicans to put country before party. I hope that's not asking too much
lovemydog
(11,833 posts)I would really like to see that too Bucky. Unfortunately most of the newer republicans in congress who just got elected in the last midterms appear very far right wing. We've got to vote them out & replace them with liberals and progressives and moderates and democrats or whatever the hell one wants to call them. People who will put country before party.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)And weed. I want to be able to grow my own cannabis.
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)Awsi Dooger
(14,565 posts)2020 shapes up as difficult, given Hillary's age and the resistance to one party controlling the White House four consecutive terms.
It would be awesome for a new generation of young voters to grow up with a Democrat in the White House throughout, and comfortable with it. They would assume it as the norm.
If it's 8 years and not 4, many of the other wishes mentioned in this thread should take care of themselves. It would also allow many Supreme Court vacancies to be filled. I suspect some of the rightwingers on the Court will try to hang on and hope Hillary only serves 4 years.
Also, I hope there is not a major homeland attack. Obviously that would be true regardless of party of the president. With all that crap from Dick Cheney and others it would be terrific for Democrats to become viewed as the party that keeps us safe.
Wolf Frankula
(3,601 posts)None of that bipartisanship crap.
Wolf
StevieM
(10,500 posts)It doesn't get nearly the coverage that it should get.
Universal pre-K would be great too.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,066 posts)not dominated by RWNJs
The Tingler
(50 posts)Higher taxes on the rich.
Less war spending.
Cakes488
(874 posts)can get to work on fixing Obamacare. I want those people to pipe down and I'm sure it can be improved. It would help if insurance was not for profit but I digress.