The left has taken a beating. People hoped Barak could start a Revolution but he told us we have to do it.

Money has been busting unions and legislating from the bench to make money the most powerful form of speech. The left has been crippled by private money to elect back bench congressmen with the 1% riches of industry libertarians with a racist base. The Supreme Court citizens United case makes it legal to bribe and buy Congressional seats with money that may not even come from the USA. The office of President may not b insulated from foreign money now.

Why should US presidents be a puppet to Wall St. ? FDR wasn't.

Trans National corporations like Coke have been fooled by right wing money to do the bidding of the NRA and anti voting rights lobbies. The left has been reactive to these assaults on Democracy. By an embarrassment of riches and success of the Republican party, the chickens have come home to roost in the form of water quality, unlivable wages and war fatigue.

The left gets it now. Bernie gets average donations of 27 dollars each amounting to around 4 million dollars after each primary win.

The right has been trying to undo FDR's New Deal for 80 years.
Think tanks to find r create loopholes in a Democracy has undone much of the left until they wised up.

The left needs another new deal now; of the people, by the people and for the people and not billionaires alone.