Some Early Analytical Food For Thought:

[sabrina 1]

22. I don't agree that the current leadership of the Dem Party do not have a longterm vision. I believe

that vision began close to three decades ago and it was not about the Working Class, it was about Corporate control of the country. And their long term vision has more or less been achieved, but to continue to hole on to what they have achieved, see Clinton's policies eg, Deregulation of Wall St, the Media, Welfare 'reform', NAFTA, they have to continue to BASH THE LEFT and to Marginalize the FDR Dems in the party. They do this by constantly attacking the Left, see even here on DU and other online Dem forums.

So while I agree with what the article says about what the party SHOULD be doing, I don't think the author totally gets it. THEY know that, but that is exactly what they do NOT want to be doing.

We have to look at the reality if we are going to be able to get rid of the Corporate influences who now have so much power in the Dem Party.

Iow, the current Leadership of the Dem Party is far, far from interested in any kind of populist reform. After 30 years of successfully crushing any kind of populism, that is the furthest thing from their minds.