2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Goodbye DU [View all]merrily
(45,251 posts)Look at the composition of Congress when Obama was inaugurated.
We are not going to have majorities like that plus the White House simultaneously for a long time--and we were told those majorities were not enough, even for something as moderate as a public option because of the blue dogs and "moderates." So, how many liberal Senators do you think we need to pass Great Society or New Deal legislation? Seventy? Eighty? Let's make it easy and say 68.
Now that the "Solid South" is no longer solidly Democratic, (and "liberal" was made a dirty word), how long do you think it will be before we get 68 liberal Senators while we also have the House and the White House? Especially when the DNC, DSCC and DCCC (1) back incumbents and (2) avoid liberal candidates to fill vacancies?
I disagree with you about what Hillary would do, but we don't even have to go there. Just please think about the rest of this post.