I know I post a lot about American politics but yeah I care because as I’ve said before what happens there affects the rest of the world. NY mayor Bill de Blasio posted a bit of a rant on Huffington Post and I couldn’t agree more…

This year, too many Democratic candidates lost sight of those core principles — opting instead to clip their progressive wings in deference to a conventional wisdom that says bold ideas aren’t politically practical.

To working people, it showed Democratic weakness — a weak commitment to the change desperately sought by struggling families, and a weak alternative to a Republican philosophy that has held America back.
Source: Huffington Post

The Democratic party (and the progressive parties in Canada) should stand on principle. When the Democratic candidates ran as Republican-lites, all they do is demotivate their base from voting and you can be sure that Republicans won’t be swayed to vote Democratic when they have one of their own running… Just like the train wreck of a campaign Senator Mary Landrieus has been running, yeah trying to pass the Keystone XL bill through the Senate (so glad it failed) that your opponent passed in the house is a sure fire way of getting Republicans to vote for her.

Hopefully they learn to be the progressive party in 2016.