America’s big problem is not Joe Biden, it’s the menace to democracy posed by Donald Trump | Simon Tisdall
www.theguardian.com
The presidential debate was further proof of the fragility of the country’s constitution. Radical reform is crucial, whoever wins in November
  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    There no way Trump wins in 2016 if he was going against somebody that was actually popular.

    No way he would have won the primary without Hilary’s Pied-Piper Strategy

    This isn’t even entirely an optics problem. Democrats in leadership believe they are best served when they are the centrist running against fascism rather than a progressive running against some boilerplate business conservative. So they actively encourage the freaks in the GOP while fighting tooth and nail to keep greens and socialists off their end of the ballot