Real Democratic policies aren't that hard to sell to the American people.
The DLC, which controls the Democratic Party, got into power by refusing to defend the word 'liberal' when Ronald Reagan, Lee Atwater and Karl Rove were demonizing the word. Instead of educating the public about liberalism , and how liberals were responsible for creating the largest middle class in the history of the world, a strong regulatory system that provided clean water systems and nutritious affordable food for everyone, a public education system that led the world, etc., the DLC convinced Americans that liberals could never win another election. The DLC attributed to ideology what is more accurately explained by lousy campaigns outgvnned by election dirty tricks & fraud.
The DLC did this, does this (dem0n!zes liberalism) because liberalism runs counter to pro-corporate anti-populist policies, i.e. Republicanism. The DLC doesn't put campaign finance reform or election reform or FCC reform on its agenda year in and year out as the Republican Party does with its issues like cutting taxes and ending a woman's right to choose. What has enabled Republicans to keep the nation stalemated (corporate media), the DLC doesn't go after. It's not that the DLC and Democratic politicians don't know how to sell any of this -- They choose not to.
Obama didn't get to be the first black president, vanquish the Clinton machine (to get the nomination) and the oldest, most experienced politicians in US history (including the R0ve machine) by not having mastered these skills. Nor do Democratic politicians (more incumbents than ever, in office longer) not know how to do it. How do you think Democrats managed to keep impeaching Bush and Cheney off the table, have us still reelecting them and not marching on Washington with torches and pitchforks?
Obama and Democrats know how to do it -- They don't want to do it.
The trick for them has been to keep the many different populist groups believing that they really do support our issues, but they're merely inept. And to get us to keep voting for them despite their failure to achieve our alleged shared objectives.
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