There is nothing surprising here, despite the click-baiting headline of progressives being "dissed" . The Berners got much of what they wanted including: death penalty abolition, a $15 minimum wage, calls for breaking up too-big-to-fail banks, and the "modern-day Glass-Steagall Act".
They didn't get some things that directly contradict Obama administration policies such as: opposition to the TPP, dumping the new and hard fought Affordable Car Act in favor of single-payer, and an absolute moratorium on fracking. The last one is especially unrealistic as only nuke-centric France has such a complete ban in place.
It's disappointing not to see a carbon tax. That's good public policy and might not be a big electoral liability - especially if offset by reductions in other taxes. It's also disappointing not to see a more balanced approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but that's nothing new. On both of these, the GOP perspective is worse.
Running a big tent party means having to make some compromises that don't leave everybody happy, including me. Mature people in a democracy understand that they can't get everything they want. However, if far left purists can only inhabit a world of absolutes and doctrinaire purity, then so be it. Self-righteous blowhards like Cornell West can stay home, or write in Bernie, or vote Green, or vote Trump or whatever the heck they want to do. The choice between the two candidates with any chance to win is so stark that the stray votes of a few dead-enders is unlikely to make the difference.
There is nothing surprising here, despite the click-baiting headline of progressives being "dissed" . The Berners got much of what they wanted including: death penalty abolition, a $15 minimum wage, calls for breaking up too-big-to-fail banks, and the "modern-day Glass-Steagall Act".
They didn't get some things that directly contradict Obama administration policies such as: opposition to the TPP, dumping the new and hard fought Affordable Car Act in favor of single-payer, and an absolute moratorium on fracking. The last one is especially unrealistic as only nuke-centric France has such a complete ban in place.
It's disappointing not to see a carbon tax. That's good public policy and might not be a big electoral liability - especially if offset by reductions in other taxes. It's also disappointing not to see a more balanced approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but that's nothing new. On both of these, the GOP perspective is worse.
Running a big tent party means having to make some compromises that don't leave everybody happy, including me. Mature people in a democracy understand that they can't get everything they want. However, if far left purists can only inhabit a world of absolutes and doctrinaire purity, then so be it. Self-righteous blowhards like Cornell West can stay home, or write in Bernie, or vote Green, or vote Trump or whatever the heck they want to do. The choice between the two candidates with any chance to win is so stark that the stray votes of a few dead-enders is unlikely to make the difference.