Rev. Jesse Jackson ran a historic presidential campaign in the Democratic primaries, winning 13 states to challenge the Establishment candidate, Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis. Upon losing the primaries, Jackson continued his campaign into the Democratic National Convention, where he endorsed Dukakis for the sake of unity, virtually silencing himself and his supporters. Dukakis went on to select Senator Lloyd Bentsen as his running mate, a moderate Democrat, and lost the general election to George H.W. Bush. The Democratic Party continued to shift to more moderate and centrist positions with the nomination of Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton in 1992, relegating progressivism to the party’s fringes.

Many progressives fear Hillary Clinton
will also shift back toward moderate political stances to broaden her
appeal in the general election, repeating history and leaving behind
progressive Sandersfor Bernie Sanders and his supporters to stand up against a system that has abandoned liberal values for corporate ones.
The fight for the presidential nomination has essentially ended, but
the fight for the soul of the Democratic Party will rage on long after
the general election.

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We'll see how it goes today....and perhaps more in Congress might also consider and promote bills to end the U.S. financing of the failed drug war. Oh sorry I forgot, they would first have to legalize at least the marijuana and set up drug treatment facilities across the country.

I just now was able to put the Muffin to bed, she had a bad night last night; one of the things Dr. Slusser told us to watch for was if she started to have an inability