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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We need a candidate who knows how to play hardball.

Hillary plays hardball.[/quote]

Against whom?

Big Insurance?  Big Pharma?  Big Banks?  Big Corporate America?  Big Oil? She sure does like to take their PAC money... And she sure doesn't seem to be willing to stand very solidly firm against some of them when talking about the policies she does and doesn't support.  She likes to tap tap tap at the problem, and not swing a gigantic wrecking ball to break them up and bring them down to size.

Playing hardball against the little GOP weasels on Capitol Hill isn't enough.

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And you think Bernie is capable of this? Please. What's he done in his decades in Congress?[/quote]

There absolutely MUST be a preponderance of elected leaders -- and voters who support them -- to push, push, push this agenda along.  Someone whose very fibers of his/her being are built on progressive ideas must win the most important executive leadership position--the presidency. This is critical for change to happen, as it gives increasing legitimacy for these ideas.  Just like the Tea Partiers voted in whackadoodle nutjobs, New Progressives have to have a very solid understanding of what their core ideas are and who will push them through. Bernie is one of these people.

Hillary is not. She'll grab on just enough, but she will NOT stand firm and strong in the face of Big Money. She has not and she never will. Because I think she doesn't actually believe in these ideas, herself. Few Democrats do, I'm afraid.  Though there are heads and tails above the GOP which truly has gone off the rails.

At this point there is nothing to lose. Bernie has to stay in this race for as long as possible, hopefully even win it. Without him, Hillary has no real competition and she will revert to her Republican socio-political ideals right quick.
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