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Which Democrat is a winner
Ask not what your candidate will do for you. Ask for whom you would not vote and why he might be electable.
Electability must be a political compromise. The failure of universal suffrage it to allow people to vote for whom they like. We have devolved to a level where we look upon a presidential candidate to enact laws (previously a power of Congress), to decide which laws to enforce and decide foreign policy and judicial appointmetnts, (formally a power shared with the Senate). and to set policy by fiat, (we nominate and elect a candidate without the presentation of a party policy).
The nominee is an unknown, delegated with powers formerly held by autocrats. We have, by our apathy and ignorance, lodt the revolution.