At first I was debating if it would be 4 or 8 years, but now I'm pretty confident they'd just get one term, not 2.
Cuz we all know damn well they're not gonna do jack shit to actually fix anything, America will still overall be in decline, and all the people who aren't lib cultists are gonna be pissed about that.
They can't skate by just on charisma like Obama did.
Not to mention the chuds will likely want revenge for getting the first one-termer in decades, so they'll be extra motivated to get even.
Just how bad do you think the next abomination the Republicans shit out will be?
I think they're gonna make Trump look like amateur hour.
You still think the DNC is going to allow a progressive to win after all their dirty tricks against Sanders? He isn't even the first. They did similar dirty tricks against Howard Dean and before him, there was Jesse Jackson. You can go all the way back to them nominating Hubert Humphrey in the 60s when over 80% of the votes in that primary went to anti-war candidates.
The Democratic party is historically, a graveyard for social movements and ideals. The few times they have moved left in history, they had to be dragged, kicking and screaming the entire time like with civil rights.
That party is fine with losing to Republicans, cause they rather work with them than anything to the left of the center.
No, I specifically said I expect them to do the same again, I listed the best possible scenario I see conducive to being able to make an attempt at a progressive campaign. I did not say it is likely to happen much less succeed.
Electoralism has failed us. Progressives should abandon that rotten party and push to create a real third party to replace the joke that is the Green party.
The New Deal was a pyrrhic victory Despite all the benefits, we are stuck with the burden of the Dems being the "Left" in this country just because of the fluke of Roosevelt being of the right mind at the right moment.