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<blockquote data-quote="Frank Underwood" data-source="post: 50228" data-attributes="member: 35">It was clear to me what Trump was up to as well.&nbsp; But we&#039;re talking about people with little education who are either out of work or stuck in low paying jobs.&nbsp; They look to the Dems who supported NAFTA and the TPP.&nbsp; They struggle to afford their insurance premiums, and hear Hillary say all she wants to do is make a few tweaks to Obamacare.&nbsp; Then they listen to Trump, who promises to end TPP and prevent jobs from being sent overseas (which he actually did).&nbsp; He also promises to protect their entitlements and even goes as far as to say everybody will be covered under his health care plan.&nbsp; Who do you think is going to come off more appealing to them?Trump&#039;s a faux populist who came to power by promising things people wanted, and then didn&#039;t deliver on all of it.&nbsp; Dems had a chance to run a genuine populist against him, but they didn&#039;t want any part of that.Had Republicans been in control and wanted to push a piece of legislation through, they would have done so.&nbsp; Hillary ended up supporting the public option once the primaries were over.&nbsp; But Dems would have had an easier time getting it passed in 2009 than in 2017 with Republicans in control of the house and senate.&nbsp; &nbsp; Because the corporate wing of the Democratic Party is afraid to govern from the left.&nbsp; They have to be pushed there, as shown by Hillary&#039;s revised agenda and Cory Booker&#039;s change of heart on Canadian prescription drugs.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Frank Underwood, post: 50228, member: 35"] It was clear to me what Trump was up to as well. But we're talking about people with little education who are either out of work or stuck in low paying jobs. They look to the Dems who supported NAFTA and the TPP. They struggle to afford their insurance premiums, and hear Hillary say all she wants to do is make a few tweaks to Obamacare. Then they listen to Trump, who promises to end TPP and prevent jobs from being sent overseas (which he actually did). He also promises to protect their entitlements and even goes as far as to say everybody will be covered under his health care plan. Who do you think is going to come off more appealing to them? Trump's a faux populist who came to power by promising things people wanted, and then didn't deliver on all of it. Dems had a chance to run a genuine populist against him, but they didn't want any part of that. Had Republicans been in control and wanted to push a piece of legislation through, they would have done so. Hillary ended up supporting the public option once the primaries were over. But Dems would have had an easier time getting it passed in 2009 than in 2017 with Republicans in control of the house and senate. Because the corporate wing of the Democratic Party is afraid to govern from the left. They have to be pushed there, as shown by Hillary's revised agenda and Cory Booker's change of heart on Canadian prescription drugs. [/QUOTE]

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