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(This is probably the best article I've read on the Democratic primaries. The author provides a fairly incisive analysis of the US political system and explains the dilemma that a candidate like Sanders ultimately faces when trying to effect change within the Democratic Party. I highly urge everyone to read it). "Thus, by choosing to run as a Democrat, Sanders finds himself caught in something of a trap. To win the nomination and make the case for his democratic socialist program, he has to maximize his criticism of Clinton (and by implication Democrats in general). However, if he loses and backs Clinton in the general election (as he has promised to do), he will be complicit in perpetuating Clintonism. Indeed, the more people he mobilizes by contrasting himself with Clinton, the greater the sense of disillusionment it may produce if he falls short. Alternatively, should he win both the nomination and the general election, he will have to work with, and thus placate, the very "establishment" on whose cooperation he has built his entire congressional career and whom he is now alienating -- with all the limitations that implies." http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/35375-could-we-change-the-political-system-strategic-lessons-of-the-bernie-sanders-campaign _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
