The recent death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is opportunity knocking for our liberal/progressive cause...
It means is we are no longer waiting for a conservative justice to leave the bench. It’s opportunity to secure an even supreme court with a swing vote that has often swung in our favor on key decisions. It is an opportunity to reverse decisions against our cause such as Medicaid Expansion, Citizens United, Hobby Lobby, and Anti-Union Decisions, which have drastically affected all citizens, workers rights, and income for all workers.
With age alone considered there are 3 additional judges that are vulnerable for needing replacement by the next president, and they hold liberal and swing positions on the court...
Nationally we need to win this next presidential election, and to do some heavy work on changing the power structure of the House and Senate. If we succeed we will tilt the power towards liberalism for a long time, so it is imperative that we unify our party, and present a strong voice for progressive change…
We are in a unique position where we have had 2 presidential candidates in a row (2008 & 2016), that have appealed to many younger voters wanting sweeping changes made to a badly tilted political system, that has allowed money & paper (corporate registrations) to have an overwhelming say in the actions of Congress and the SCOTUS.
We need to reengage the the younger people who came in to vote in 2008, and became disenfranchised in subsequent elections, allowing additional seats to be lost in Congress, which allowed the Republican Obstructionism and Gridlock of the Legislative Branch of Government. We need to firmly engage the new people entering the voting rolls this election cycle as well, and work unceasingly on advancing our progressive cause to let them know we are on it…
The President will need to stand tall and loud on his bully pulpit and, call out the actions of the offending members of congress and leave no doubt as to who is responsible for slowing our progressive cause. Our members of Congress need to do this as well, returning to their home states often, explaining our progressive legislation, calling out the actions of opposing legislative members from their state, and endorsing candidates for their replacement.
The Democratic Party needs to find good liberal candidates to run against every Republican and replace any DINO and Blue Dogs presently holding office nationally, state, and local. In addition we need to build and maintain a unprecedented GOTV machine that works in every election, every year, national, state, and local…
We have the numbers nationally, yet every election cycle we allow conservatism to creep in from every crevice, especially on down ticket candidates, and off national election cycle years. There is no excuse for our party’s ineffective action in their GOTV efforts in off cycle years. Losing ground in state and local elections allows gerrymandering and tampering with the effectiveness of our national progressive effort. Just look at the states which have not expanded medicaid as an example…
Now is hardly the time to allow a thumb on the scale of our primary process, and risk disenfranchisement of the new voters that have entered the party wanting change and a radical shift to Progressiveness. Nor is it time to present a lukewarm coffee platform to the disenfranchised voters that came in on the “Change” of 2008 expecting them to reengage…
We need to embrace “President Obama’s Change” kick it up a notch, and deliver it to the American People! Now is the time to take Giant Steps For All Mankind, rather than baby steps, and a losing battle of attrition. We need to be proud of what we have accomplished and look toward the future of providing a better world for our children and their children…
Clean Air & Water, Climate Change, Sustainable Clean Energy, Better Education, Hunger & Homelessness, A Living Wage, Secure Jobs & Income, Health Care For All, Income Inequality, Equal Opportunity and Rights for All Races & All Genders, Immigration Reform, Gun Control, Criminal Justice & Prison Reform, and many other issues we maintain an excellent position on, need to be addressed. These critical issues have affected us for years and our society has suffered enough. We need Giant Steps Now!
I’m convinced that Bernie Sanders wants the Giant Steps we so badly need, and will not allow attrition in our progressive effort. I Feel The Bern Now More Than Ever!
Bernie’s Issues Have Never Wavered!
He is a candidate for the people!
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Lets Help Him Do It For Our Own Good!
There is but One Issue that is Holding Us Back…
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The time is right now for us to render the Citizens United Supreme Court Decision Invalid with the one tool at our disposal. Our Vote!
Our Vote Works!
That Is A Proven Fact!
