I'm really curious how Sanders and other people who berate Democrats for taking donors money plan on funding viable campaigns if raising money like this is bad. Seriously, how? Not every candidate can bring in small donors like this. In fact, very few can run a campaign mostly on them and downticket candidates certainly can't - Not nearly enough people care about those campaigns. I seriously doubt Sanders himself could run a competitive presidential race just on the backs of small donors.
All I see are people/Sanders bashing a necessary evil with no alternate, viable strategy. I suppose they'd be happy with Democrats chronically losing to Republicans across the board because they decided to take the high road and lose every race because they were viciously outspent. That'll sure help the liberal/progressive movement!
Until we actually get campaign finance reform, this idea of unilaterally disarming is stupid and reckless as hell.
If there's one thing the radical left loves, it's losing. And losing in a humiliating fashion.
Yes, there is something truly pathetic about radicals (in both parties, to be fair) who treat 90% success in moving an agenda forward as an abject failure, worthy of throwing an election.
