I’m not entirely sure which side of the fence that you’re promoting. Wiki says that “third way” policies (had to go look that up) are centrist but socially democratic , which to me means that you’re either complaining that progressive policies aren’t going far enough, or that we shouldn’t be moving back towards the middle from the far-right land in which we’re currently residing.

Regardless, my personal position is that I’d love to see the party move farther to the left. I agree with Buffet when he says taxes are not high enough. I’d love to bring single-payer to the table, as our for-profit health care system fails too many of us and ensures we pay way too much money for worse outcomes than many other countries.

That said, and as others have pointed out, too many people view socialist policies as akin to communism and, at the moment, we basically need to dig ourselves out of our current mess. Position yourself too far left at this particular point in time and I’m afraid you’d scare just enough “centrist” voters to ensure we get another four more years of Twitterfest.

As I attempted to point out to Lauren, it’s not about keeping quiet. I believe that it’s entirely possible to advocate for progressive change without knifing yourself in that back at the same time.

And too many of her articles feel to me (and to others if you follow the comments) like we should just take our marbles, go home, and hide under the covers since we can’t get everything we want now now.

And if too many people do that, then I’m afraid things will go from bad to worse.

Politics — like it or not — is the art of the possible.