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this is John Nichols of the Nation, one of our best Wisconsin guys. A very thoughtful and spot on article about our party. Our wounded party. We only control 5 states. DEMS are not united and we see proof of that every day right here on DU. HOW WE TURN THAT AROUND. Spoiler: It 's not Money.
https://www.thenation.com/article/what-keith-ellisons-defeat-says-about-the-dnc/
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)And from the article:
In my view, far too many Democrats at all levels are obsessed with the money competition. But the only way that Democrats can get more money from the 1% who dominate national politics is to become more like the GOP. And that is a prescription for 2 corporate parties.
Democrats must, in my view, be the Party of workers. 90% plus of Americans are workers, not capitalists.
truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)If we want to move this Nation Forward,we Dems must stop pointing fingers at each and every faction that makes up our Party. Take a look at the Headlines,we have a Group of Billionaires hell bent on destroying our Nation for their gain. If that is not enough to make you stand up for and promote Democratic Values,then you deserve what happens. Until Citizens United goes away,we will need wealthy philanthropic Democrats to help with the heavy money lifting. Yes,Bernie was able to pull off what he did,but,did that money make it down to the bottom of the Tickets,did not see it locally.