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8. While I agree with you in the essence, the over-the-top trashing of Hillary

BEFORE the primary, IMHO, contributed to her loss in the general.

I lost a lot of respect for the far left when many I know personally in that group showed zero restraint in amplifying every lie and exaggeration they could to try to tarnish her so their guy could win. It was so bad I was practically holding my nose when I voted for Bernie in the primary. I WANTED Bernie over Hillary - but I got VERY tired of the lies. Some of those same "far left" people I know, voted for Trump or didn't vote in the general - at least they told me that. They had become so convinced of her awfulness that they actually thought Trump was better. I do think Bernie could have been more vocal in pushing his followers back to support her.

I don't know how we fix it, but if we don't, Democrats will keep losing and the Supreme Court will keep getting worse.

I would prefer we don't have the establishment picking favorites, and I would prefer we replaced plurality winner with ranked choice voting, but obviously I don't always get what I want and we have to try to get the best solution in the world that we have, not the one we fantasize.