Robert Reich: Meet the Future of the Democratic Party

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31. My perception was that they did force her on the party.

I'd have supported her anyway, as the nominee, I have always liked her and think she leaned toward a more populist Democratic approach, but the superdelegates were almost all committed to her in advance and it was caucuses, not actual primary vote totals, that put her over the top. If every state had a Democratic primary, and there hadn't been super delegates involved, it would have been 50-50. And I voted Bernie in the primary.

There are some things that are now non-negotiable for me and that means there are some Democrats who fall outside the range of what I feel I can support. I am looking for more support and funding for social security and medicare, actually universal, single-payer health care, socialized medicine if you will, much higher taxes on the wealthy and bringing down the effective tax rate for those who actually work for a living.

I see establishment Democrats, like, for example, Governor J. B. Pritzker, moving in this direction. Sherrod Brown would be cleaning up in Ohio now if he picked up this theme.