Imma go on a little jaunt here, stay with me:brian wrote: ↑Fri Feb 01, 2019 1:54 pm And that's before you accept the notion that anyone on the left who hates Trump is going to for even a second seriously contemplate wasting their vote on some milquetoast centrist. The kinds of people who would or will vote for Schultz are ones who would never vote for anyone with a "D" next to their name on the ballot and their needs/concerns should be completely irrelevant to the rest of us.
I grew up (politically) at the Democratic Leadership Council. I truly believed at the time that the Dems had both an identity crisis that was pushing "middle america" away. That liberal policies had allowed the unions too much power, and hamstrung the justice system allowing for too much crime. I won't go too much more into it, but I'm OK admitting now that a lot of that was somewhat wrong-headed.
Whatever about all that. What I saw at the DLC over the years, as well as working on the hill and at the New America Foundation made me increasingly cynical. What at first started off as honest policy differences sure started looking like something much more sinister. There is SO MUCH MONEY flowing in DC, that there is absolutely room for Big Pharma, Insurance, Tobacco, Gun, etc etc to push and pull levers to make sure the relative status quo stays in place. These people aren't stupid.
If a progressive package comes out of the primary process, the amount of money that's going to go into defeating those candidates is going to be STAGGERING. If it's not Schultz, someone else will be put forward that is more formidable than Jill Stein, and they will have a shit ton of money backing them.
Mark it down. 2020 is going to be bonkers because the stakes are getting raised for the ultra-rich and their corporations. People are fed up. Trump might be good short term, but these rich fuckers have a long-term outlook and they know the mob is assembling on their front lawn.