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In reply to the discussion: Red Alert [View all]dwayneb
(1,019 posts)He didn't know how to talk in words and terms that the average American could relate to and understand.
Classic example is his use of the word "oligarchy". Sure, you and I and most educated people understand that word and understand clearly the threat of oligarchy. But for many everyday people it's an abstract concept and they simply can't relate to it.
Reality is, that to win in American politics a candidate has to know how to thread the needle between populism and realism. Obama did it perfectly. If we could just have carved off a bit of his populist talent and given it to Bernie he would have been elected in a landslide.
None of that was why the Party rejected him of course, it was because he didn't toe the line. But even if they hadn't it is unlikely he would have prevailed to win as POTUS.
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