Be prepared for a new book about Hillary campaign

[JHan]

8. I'm a rich coastal elite without being a rich coastal elite lmao.

Politics is nasty, partisan and corruptive. There's a ton of horse trading and compromise.

The flaw with a lot of idealists is assuming that there's some unicorn politician who will not be affected by the realities - which is impossible - but the thinking is also flawed because the key is knowing how to navigate corridors of power to implement what you want done, agendas die at the altar of purity.

As a previous hillary skeptic ( and I was real skeptical) I now respect her as well. And you have to do research. Bad press about Hillary harangues and stalks you. So I decided to do some work and look more deeply into her record, her stances, the views of people - friend and foe - who worked with her and came away with someone I could enthusiastically vote for.

And about Sanders - if he won the nomination and became President, he would have turned out a lot like Obama. He and Obama campaigned as gadflies ( Sanders ended up being a bit more divisive because he lacks Obama's ability to be populist without targeting or singling out groups and Sanders' impetus is outrage).. As soon as Obama reached the executive branch, he turned centrist. This is the reality. Progressives must remember that every incremental change is progress forward and we can't risk undoing progress that did not come about cheaply.