Isn't this what _you_ are doing here? You're treating the electorate like children in assuming they won't grasp that republicans hold the house and whatever you promise, it won't mean a damn thing unless you win midterms in 2018 as well? Going by your argument anything beyond status quo is 'pie in the sky'...
I don't even understand what you mean here. You are acting as if Not holding the other branches of government completely nullifies you politically. It does a number on you for sure, but it does not render you completely impotent. We need only look at Obamas accomplishments despite unprecedented opposition to prove this.
You absolutely can achieve progress even without holding the other branches, just less of it. Theres also the big ass elephant in the room that is Supreme Court assignments that will guide the nation for the next few decades. A court that has leaned Conservative for a LONG time and that had a chance to finally lean the other way.... Painting that as "Status Quo" is ridiculous. There are promises and goals you can set that are progressive and realistic. You are NOT forced to sell wolf tickets. Neither of them had to. Yet both did to some degree, Bernie more than Hillary, but I don't give her a pass for her BS either.
Edit: Its also impossible not to mention the demonized status quo that people so terribly feared would be a dream come true right now as Nazi riots kill people, Travel bans have to be stopped by the Judicial Branch, LGBT discrimination finds its way back into the military, possible War with NKorea looms, and the EPA starts referencing right wing lunatic websites while attacking the media. Being so afraid of standing still that you take steps backwards is some serious, serious nonsense.
Vision versus execution. A watered down vision leads to people only guessing as to what you're about.
No.. As I said, I don't assume the electorate are children. I assume they can work this stuff out. When someone says I want 12$ minimum wage, when its currently $7.25, I assume that person (that's of voting age) is smart enough to realize that the reason we are pushing for that politically is to protect employees and keep up with inflation. I think its really weird to think that people will look at someone pushing for $12 an hour and be confused as to why I would want it, but then look at someone pushing for 15$ and completely understand why they were pursuing it. This is an extremely odd situation especially because its not the last time minimum wage will be addressed. Its by default a moving bar.
We also don't need to guess what Hillary or Bernie are about really. Both of them have such long political histories that I feel like if you don't know anything about their views, its a choice not too. Their histories and views over the decades were easy to access.
It's actually an attempt to separate them. Vision, or the end goal, or most desirable solution, whatever you want to call it, shows where you actually stand. The short term goals are merely speculation, there are too many factors. Besides, with Republicans in control, there are no short term goals. The only short term goal would be 'win mid terms'.
I dont understand classifying the short term goals and the things they make up (Party Platforms are a version of this) as being too complex and full of speculation, while claiming that your "end goal visions" for humanity as otherwise. It's actually inverted. I would like to see UBI, 80%+ penetration of electric vehicles and the end of fossil fuels hit the nation by the time I left the earth assuming I lived to be 90; but there's SO much that can happen or not happen that its really hard to gauge that stuff that's so far off.
Establishing a more liberal supreme court, cementing LGBT rights across the board (military included) and $12 an hour minimum wage nationwide is much easier to plot, and focusing on them for the short term doesn't dictate that I abandon my long term wishes either. Theres also the fact that I can't nail down what you mean by "Vision/End Goal". Just about everyone wants a Utopian world. I don't need to hear you say that on your campaign. That's just weird. Talk about imminent change and improvements, things I can expect to see you achieve while you are in office should you get there. Your visions for the country 30 years out are perhaps better placed as answers to questions in one of the debates; but the media is so incompetent that they want to talk about nonsense, so.
