Because the truth is, they are probably to the right of most Tories in a lot of areas.Can you imagine Dems proposing something like the NHS?
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her policies are stuck in a very narrow neoliberal paradigm. One gets the impression she moves in a progressive direction under duress.
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I'd embrace any effort by HRC to establish something like NHS but her reform efforts have been explicitly & programmatically hostile to such
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Correct. During Iowa campaign, she said that single payer would never happen and was unfeasible.
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How single-payer-y was her Ira Magaziner-designed 90s plan? I remember it being a rococo mix of market incentives & govt, an intricate mess.
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To give her some credit, however, it was probably better than the ACA we ultimately got.
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Corbyn and Labour had quite a comeback, but are the Dems supposed to congratulate a party for coming in a close second?
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When appropriate, as is the case here, yes
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Did you expect foreign leaders to call Clinton to congratulate her on her popular vote victory?
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#ImWithHer on an omnishambles of a campaign, losing to a clown?#JeremyCorbyn brought Labour back to life -
I would hardly call going from a 20% deficit to an 8% deficit "bringing it back to life." They still got walloped just not by as much.
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This is what baffles me. I'm completely elated about Corbyn's massive overperformance. Remarkable But we don't have a victory here.
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Labour still has 50 seats less than the Tories, and the Tories still formed a majority coalition. Again, elated for Corbyn, but some on...
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...the left are celebrating as is if we actually won. We need actual power and actual victories, not moral victories.
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Interesting that after months of pooh-poohing Clinton's popular vote victory, Corbyn losing by less than expected is the bees' knees
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Who's pooh-poohing Clinton's large popular vote victory? Our 18th-century, rooted-in-slavocracy Electoral College is an abomination!
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Have you not been paying attention? Literally everyone on the Rose emoji Left
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It just goes to show you don't understand British politics very well.
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I understand that Labour got fewer votes and fewer seats than the Tories & Jeremy Corbyn isn't Prime Minister
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Seems really unfair Labour has to give back all the seats it just won from the Tories just because it didn't win a majority.
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Democrats gained seats in Congress in 2016 too. Didn't see any big rounds of congratulations.
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Did the Republicans lose their majority? Parliamentary elections in a multiparty system are different. Look at UK reaction.
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