2016 Postmortem

between her supporters and the Sanders movement, a partnership in which both sides would have some sort of a say.

This wouldn't have required changing the platform much, if at all.

It would have meant including lines like THIS in the stump speech:

"And let me say this to those who campaigned so hard for my main opponent in the primaries-I hear you, I respect you, and you did an amazing job of bringing the issues you care about to the forefront. As president, I will always listen to you and will work hard to implement the proposals you added to our great platform. What you did mattered and I respect it".

Many of these people are young voters. They are always going to be turned off by older people shouting "you HAVE to!" at them. The need was and is to keep them engaged and to establish their loyalty to OUR party...a loyalty they haven't had much reason in their own lives to feel.

It's not about appeasing anyone. It's just about doing what we need to do to get people to the polls...especially people who aren't yet in the habit of voting. And doing that doesn't disrespect or slight any of the people who already vote for us.

Had we found the way, we wouldn't be in this situation.