Forget the polls. Forget what the voters want.
The real question is who the ruling elite want our political figurehead to be.
There are several ways to measure this.
...and a similar headline--regarding today's Times article--over at CommonDreams.org, on Tuesday: "As Sanders 2020 Campaign Gains Steam, Corporate Democrats Reportedly 'Growing Increasingly Nervous'," are basically telegraphing to the public that the writing's on the wall, as far as the Democratic Party's status quo's 2020 Presidential Primary campaign strategy is concerned.
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Hawaii Congresswoman and Iraq War Veteran Tulsi Gabbard is getting very, very close now to qualifying for inclusion into the 2020 Democratic Primary Debates.
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Recently, Teodrose Fikre wrote a very interesting and insightful article about former President Barack Obama, titled, The First Bank President. Even without seeing Obama's picture at the top of the article, I knew that it was about Barack Obama.
It's hard to think of a better example of Democratic Party corruption than Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Her political career should have ended in 2016.
This Part 4 deals with Democrats during the Reconstruction Era. N.B. I overpromised (yet another euphemism for "erred"): This Part 4 does not get to FDR--or even to Wilson.
Since 1993 the political debate on the left has been about the degree of the Democratic Party's evilness relative to the GOP's evilness, and whether the Dem's evilness is so great that a person can morally vote for them.
The Democratic Party insiders are ready to knife any progressive that dares to speak up. David Brock's article is a perfect example.
Don't misunderstand me. I'm not saying that the Democratic establishment has acknowledged that it is corrupt and has decided the corruption must be expelled.
I'm saying that the Democratic establishment has acknowledged that the voters are fully aware that the party is corrupt and they now have no choice but to make modest reforms to address this public relations problem.
I can see you kids have gotten wound up and overstimulated from playing your cute Democracy game, but now you need to calm down and listen to the adults. I know the democracy seemed almost real, but playtime is over.
