Also, they’re not scared. They can still kill his candidacy, and if they can’t, there are plenty of ways to blunt his power. Further, as we saw after Ross Perot got 19% of the vote in 1992, they can throw up institutional hurdles making it impossible for progressive candidates to have a shot at these offices in the future.
Most of all, though, it’s hard for me to get excited about this after watching Obama rule as a conservative when he sold us ‘hope and change’.
Agreed.
Also, they’re not scared. They can still kill his candidacy, and if they can’t, there are plenty of ways to blunt his power. Further, as we saw after Ross Perot got 19% of the vote in 1992, they can throw up institutional hurdles making it impossible for progressive candidates to have a shot at these offices in the future.
Most of all, though, it’s hard for me to get excited about this after watching Obama rule as a conservative when he sold us ‘hope and change’.