Post by Logan on Jun 3, 2016 5:06:11 GMT -6
As Democrats lurch to the left, party insider dismisses impact on Florida politics
Bernie Sanders is giving Hillary Clinton a tougher than expected challenge for the Democratic presidential nomination, one that is pushing the party further to the left.
But one Florida Democratic insider says he’s not worried about the party moving too far left to win in the nation’s largest swing states.
Former Democratic state House member Keith Fitzgerald said the divisions may not be so sharply ideological. Many people are just fed up with the political process in general, he said.
“There’s a sense that the whole regime is corrupted, that it’s working for special interests, not for the common good of the people and really the two parties are part of the status quo,” Fitzgerald said.
Read more: politics.heraldtribune.com/2016/06/02/as-democrats-lurch-to-the-left-party-insider-dismisses-impact-on-florida-politics/
Bernie Sanders is giving Hillary Clinton a tougher than expected challenge for the Democratic presidential nomination, one that is pushing the party further to the left.
But one Florida Democratic insider says he’s not worried about the party moving too far left to win in the nation’s largest swing states.
Former Democratic state House member Keith Fitzgerald said the divisions may not be so sharply ideological. Many people are just fed up with the political process in general, he said.
“There’s a sense that the whole regime is corrupted, that it’s working for special interests, not for the common good of the people and really the two parties are part of the status quo,” Fitzgerald said.
Read more: politics.heraldtribune.com/2016/06/02/as-democrats-lurch-to-the-left-party-insider-dismisses-impact-on-florida-politics/