Reply #11: I agree that 'insider activist' is actually quite a good thumbnail

[Mairead]

He's an insider--he's been in politics as an officeholder practically since his teens.

But he's never sold out, I don't think. As far as I can tell, his ideas are still pro-working-people, not pro-keep-them-quiet.

I still have a little fear about where he'll go to get the money--the standard Dem deal is to always reach into our pockets to pay, whence the 'tax and spend' label. So I still have some fear. Not a big fear, but some fear. The idea that any politician would actually be willing to take the profit out of healthcare and stop pouring every dollar into the pockets of the owners of the war industry is still something I can't quite wrap my mind around completely--I know it's right, but it feels as though I must be dreaming!

Insider activist. Practical idealist. That's oor Dennis!