Gary Johnson had 3x the votes Stein did (4.4M to 1.4M), so let’s be careful throwing stones at 3rd parties in effort to prove points, too.

I’m starting to think it’s just a performance troll account, but they could just be really kinda sad.

I just don’t get the dude’s sports-fan-intense stanning for centrism.

But...

Setting aside the fact you’re glossing over losing the easiest electoral layup in history, are you really going to suggest that Obama beat Clinton in the primaries by being even more moderate?

Careful, you start making too much sense and they’ll dismiss your comment and reply to a screenshot. Can’t have too many people agree with you.

I don’t know about “more appealing.” Sanders is mightily appealing to a great many people. But I totally agree that the left and the Dems are better served putting their heads together to put forth a young, energetic frontman (or woman) with Bernie Sanders’ backing, because Sanders is the guy who can absolutely hand…

I don’t love Sanders, but I also don’t see any of the major contenders for 2020 picking up that torch in convincing ways, so...that new driver better pipe up sometime soon.

You have to be 35 to be president, she technically wouldn’t even be able to run in 2024 unless she has an early January birthday. (But I agree with your larger point)

So what you’re saying is that people are, theoretically, fairly middle of the road on most issues. And the party should be doing more to court these theoretical voters and shouldn’t do anything drastic that could potentially disenchant these possibly fictional voters?

The freaking Republicans want to privatize social security.  They tried and failed.  Had they been successful, it would have financially devastated generations of  Americans.  Also, as a middle-aged person, I can promise you that I have no plans to work for $0.00 in my old age.  I may HAVE to work,  but I better the…

“Running to the center worked out so well for us in 2016, so let’s do that again!”

Oh, totes agree. He is a thought leader, and touchstone, and the guy who set this mother off, but we need to find someone younger and more appealing to be the face.

Been there, done that, Einstein already wrote the tee-shirt:

Ooh, did they tout the “sharing economy” as part of a glorious future where we all work until we’re 90?

Alternative to the Sanders platform, speaking in a general sense? Nah, man, I don’t see that happening. People aren’t going to get LESS pissed about shitty health care, growing wealth inequality, etc.

Not that anyone should punish themselves like I did and read the piece, but did anyone notice what their grand ideas were? Privatizing social security and getting senior citizens to volunteer for stuff.

Yes, because that’s precisely the ethos of a huge contingent of the party you’re supposedly a part of, you sneering fucking dickwad.

Alternative to progressive?

But I thought “centrist” was a catch-all term for people I don’t like. You’re telling me they’re actually a hindrance to progressives and view up and coming  candidates as a problem to be solved? Well knock me over with a feather!