Centrists can win a primary but not a general without progressives. You'd think their high paid strategists would have figured that out. But clearly not.
Democrats are trying to win elections in America, so it doesn't matter how their platform compares to the left in France.
They are trying to appeal to the American center, which means people like my supervisor and my mail carrier. Those people are not leftists but they are more likely to vote for Democrats than many leftists are.
And then they cry when their base doesn't show up, so pick one. Do you want your biggest supporters to vote for you or to you want someone that might support you. Pick one
So Hillary wasn't successful nor was Sanders... If Hillary at least put Sanders as her vp over milk toast, union busting, pro corporate Tim Kaine Democrats could have had a chance.