I am convinced that had Bernie accepted the Green Party offer to head their ticket after being denied the Democratic nomination, he would've won in 2016. It takes a very popular prominent person to make a 3rd party viable, & at this point none has decided to form a separate movement, a 3rd party, or coalition of existing progressive mino…
I am convinced that had Bernie accepted the Green Party offer to head their ticket after being denied the Democratic nomination, he would've won in 2016. It takes a very popular prominent person to make a 3rd party viable, & at this point none has decided to form a separate movement, a 3rd party, or coalition of existing progressive minor parties with independent progressives & Democratic progressives, which otherwise could be very effective since there's a gaping hole on the left side of the ideological spectrum, as both of the major parties keep drifting rightward.
I think Chris Murphy would make a great minority/majority leader for the Democrats. So would Jeff Merkley, Cory Booker & perhaps a few others.
I am convinced that had Bernie accepted the Green Party offer to head their ticket after being denied the Democratic nomination, he would've won in 2016. It takes a very popular prominent person to make a 3rd party viable, & at this point none has decided to form a separate movement, a 3rd party, or coalition of existing progressive minor parties with independent progressives & Democratic progressives, which otherwise could be very effective since there's a gaping hole on the left side of the ideological spectrum, as both of the major parties keep drifting rightward.
I think Chris Murphy would make a great minority/majority leader for the Democrats. So would Jeff Merkley, Cory Booker & perhaps a few others.