Was it really all down to Obama and the endorsement game? Is there anything we can learn from it, or is the lesson "Dems will never accept even simple reforms and should be let go"? Most importantly: how do you answer when people say "you mean the same Bernie that couldn't even win the primary?" Other than the truth which is: Dems couldn't accept someone the party was completely hostile to, had the field been level we'd have sweeped.

It really should've been his to win.

    • VapeNoir [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      I dunno, as FDR gets further from the american political memory I think new deal politics have less and less purchase. Look at Joe "most progressive platform since FDR" Biden - not only is that an incredibly low bar to clear, Biden is 100% part of the neoliberal cadre that pillaged the Democrats. All of the New Deal dems are dead and we're stuck with their shitty children.