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Related: About this forumRobert Reich: The Endgame of 2016's Anti-Establishment Politics
http://www.nationofchange.org/news/2016/04/25/endgame-2016%E2%80%B2s-anti-establishment-politics/Last fall, when on book tour in the nations heartland, I kept finding people trying to make up their minds in the upcoming election between Sanders and Trump.
They saw one or the other as their champion: Sanders the political revolutionary whod reclaim power from the privileged few; Trump, the authoritarian strongman whod wrest power back from an establishment thats usurped it.
The people I encountered told me the moneyed interests couldnt buy off Sanders because he wouldnt take their money, and they couldnt buy off Trump because he didnt need their money.
Now, six months later, the political establishment has fought back, and Sanderss prospects for taking the Democratic nomination are dimming. Trump may well win the Republican mantle but not without a brawl.
As I said, I expect most Sanders backers will still support Hillary Clinton if shes the nominee. And even if Trump doesnt get the Republican nod, most of his backers will go with whoever the Republican candidate turns out to be.
But anyone who assumes a wholesale transfer of loyalty from Sanderss supporters to Clinton, or from Trumps to another Republican standard-bearer, may be in for a surprise.
The anti-establishment fury in the election of 2016 may prove greater than supposed
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Robert Reich: The Endgame of 2016's Anti-Establishment Politics (Original Post)
eridani
Apr 2016
OP
Everyone knows this. That's why the Hillary Cave has been spinning like a top about
silvershadow
Apr 2016
#4
Hydra
(14,459 posts)2. There's been a sea change in the US
And while the establishment thinks it can beat it down by removing Sanders and Trump from the races, that's not where it's coming from.
Unicorn
(424 posts)3. DWS and HRC should drop out because of the exodus that's already in progress.
They screwed up badly.
silvershadow
(10,336 posts)4. Everyone knows this. That's why the Hillary Cave has been spinning like a top about
"who is establishment" and "what is an insider" so much lately.
wendylaroux
(2,925 posts)5. You got that right Mr Reich,this is the time we have
been waiting for,plus we have the younguns with us. There is hope for a new day.