This one by The Nation's Chris Hayes and this one by The American Prospect's Harold Meyerson. Both are worth reading. They think that Obama is the left's best chance to make transformative change.
Hayes makes the point that many progressives are backing Clinton. And Meyerson talks about how Clintonites are too warped by the 90s to move everyone on.
Sadly, I think the Clinton appeal to many progressives may lie in this seething resentment, fear and hatred of conservatives and anyone who makes nice with them. Clinton demonizes conservatives and promise to fight them by any means necessary. After 8 years of wussy Democrats, this is what the partisan progressives want to hear.
Yet these progressives have forgotten how the Clintons fight: mostly, by minimizing the differences between themselves and Republicans. They act hawkish on foreign policy. They fight the culture wars from the right. They adopt anti-government rhetoric. Etc.
All these positions undermine liberal goals. The progressive Clintonites may get their partisan bloodbath, but it won't be free.
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