2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Wasserman Schultz poised to beat Sanders-backed challenger [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)reveal the strength of desire among DEMOCRATS, ESPECIALLY LIBERAL DEMOCRATS, for stronger progressive solutions. No one suspected it was that strong, not even political scientists deciding what questions to ask on studies of what people wanted, so Sanders' candidacy performed a great service for the entire nation.
HOWEVER,
* all liberal Democrats are progressive, and no doubt even some of our conservative Democrats,
* the vast majority of Sanders' supporters are/were liberal Democrats, and
* to credit only the far left with the progressivism of the Democratic platform and of Hillary Clinton is just plain unrealistic.
It's a shame this isn't appreciated by quite all because we are winding up to achieve really significant goals through use of progressive government actions. It's time to be very hopeful and very grateful to each other.