Reticence created an enthuism gap

[JHan]

61. And you're continuing to miss my simple point:

We will never have the perfect candidate for all people- that is not possible. Your perfect candidate may not be my perfect candidate.

"The left" and "the right" aren't rigid concepts - this is what the extremists don't understand. We each fall on an ideological spectrum. On some issues I may lean more center, on others more to the left. Even singular issues lie in a continuum, with stances shifting based on new information. For everything you wanted Clinton to be, if she veered in the direction which would have made her a perfect candidate to you, some moderate will think she's gone too extreme.

Which is why I said you assess the platform- whether it's 60%, 70% or 80% progressive which is preferable to risking the election of someone whose platform is not at all progressive. We should not hamstring the opportunity to further the progressive agenda by throwing away votes or crapping on the candidate who will strengthen the progressive agenda and cement progress already made.