Alvin Flummux wrote:What new party is this, then? This is the first I've heard of such a thing. It'll go nowhere though - but it will serve the purpose of alerting the DNC heads to the fact that the left wing of the party is now awake and aware, when it wasn't before the 2016 election.
I'm not even sure if it has a name yet, I only read about it in the aftermath of the election. The premise was a crowdfunded grassroots party "for the people" so it couldn't be corrupted by big corporations.
It's basically the american version of Corbynmania. aka "a few hipsters" "won't amount to anything" type of thing but running in the political spectrum that the democrats have left wide open and unrepresented for decades.
If you google "draftbernie" or "new progressive party" I'm sure you can find a bunch of youtube interviews and the like.
I don't think the Democrats will ever change. They would have by now but they're still doing the same thing. There are plenty of videos out there since Trump came to power of Bernie touring the country and still drawing crowds and cheers while people like Debbie Wasserman Schultz introduce him at these events or stand beside him in interviews and are booed whenever they talk or ignore/rubbish any points Bernie makes. They are still blaming Russia hacks and such for losing rather than taking a step back and thinking, yeh maybe we shouldn't be taking money from bankers and ignoring the huge issues the electorate face.