• theneverfox@pawb.social
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    4 months ago

    It’s because Obama was polarizing, but he sold himself as progressive convincingly

    He literally ran on the promise of change - unfortunately his actions were firmly neo liberal, and he prioritized compromise over meaningful reform

    If Obama was a neo liberal in progressive clothing, Clinton was a diehard neo liberal from top to bottom.

    Unfortunately, the lesson learned was “people don’t like Hillary” rather than “people want a real progressive”

    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      4 months ago

      I don’t understand your point… Obama won two presidential elections in a row. It would seem as though that "selling himself as a progressive convincingly worked out pretty well for him id say.

      So you’re saying that the people want a progressive candidate, but the Dems would, at most, give us the option of someone who sells themselves as progressive but is an actual neo-liberal?

      Oh, maybe I do get it after all. I was going to say that Gore was pretty progressive and did technically win, but that was 25 years agola