Unfortunately, I've come to agree with you. Democrats generally run on a platform of competent, centrist government. And they generally lose. They won when th

Unfortunately, I've come to agree with you. Democrats generally run on a platform of competent, centrist government. And they generally lose. They won when they ran a remarkable orator with a short track record, and they were disappointed when he also gave them competent, centrist government. They won when they ran against a man who was in the process of screwing up a crisis, but now that the crisis has been handled, he's back. The American left wants what the American right gets: a flamboyant demagogue who makes absurd promises that he cannot deliver. They demand change, so we might as well give it to them. * End all American support for Israel * Immediately cancel all student loans * Halve the US military, and put the money into a Universal Basic Income * Tax billionaires at 50%, and multi-billionaires at 90% * Bans on fossil fuels and plastics These all seem like bad ideas to me, but I've got a choice: these bad ideas, or the active harassment of the Republicans. So my best option would be to vote for these candidates, then hope that none of these policies can actually be implemented, or in dramatically reduced form. At this point that may not actually be necessary. Right now there is a very good chance that Democrats will win in 2028 for the same reason they won in 2008: a failing economy and an obvious incompetent in office. And it's possible that by 2032, demographics will have shifted substantially. Still, I think that this is the route they need to take. Might as well pander to the left and hope that the result is somehow a sensible policy. Because the idea of offering reasonable government just doesn't get people excited.