Hillary is not the essential problem. Electing an alpha female is a big deal, but not the solution to anything. What is?
There are three kinds of politics: issues, money, and elections. None is more important than the others. You can vote for politicians on election day, or by contributing time or money to campaigns, but you can vote on issues every day by becoming informed, by writing, by discussing, and by how you spend your money.
Policy is about issues: what people already want, but we can only get collectively. It is also about what we know about how to deal with the issues, if we win enough elections. Elections are about organizing and candidates and money and letting the public know that you care about their issues, and have a plan to implement the needed policies.
Let me repeat that. Politics is about what people already want, not what you wish they wanted. It is also about the elections we are actually having, not the ones we wish we could have, and about the candidates actually running, not the ones you wish we could get, or you wish could win in the current toxic environment. Sometimes it is about taking the toxins out of the environment when others are telling you that toxins are good for you.
So where does that leave us? And Hillary? I'm glad you asked.
(This Diary began as a comment in Want to pull Hillary Clinton to the left? Win back Congress)