Obama's own words on bold, progressive policies

First, here is what he said to the Democracy Alliance, "a secretive group of donors on the left who collectively spend hundreds of millions of dollars on politics."

"This is still a country that is less revolutionary than it is interested in improvement. They like seeing things improved, but the average American doesn't think we have to completely tear down the system and remake it. And I think it's important for us not to lose sight of that."

"Even as we push the envelope and we are bold in our vision, we also have to be rooted in reality and the fact that voters, including the Democratic voters and certainly persuadable independents or even moderate Republicans, are not driven by the same views that are reflected on certain, you know, left-leaning Twitter feeds. Or the activist wing of our party. That's not a criticism to the activist wing. Their job is to poke and prod and test and inspire and motivate. But the candidate's job, whoever it ends up being, is to get elected."

While seemingly praising those in the Party with bold visions, he also called it completely tearing down the system to remake it. And that voters are not driven by those very same activists in our Party, that we have to get real about getting elected.

In reality repeated polling shows that the majority supports exactly those bold, progressive, activist policies that Bernie campaigns on. Several progressives running on those policies won in the mid-terms. Obama is wrong on all counts and obviously supports the more moderate, centrist reform position favored by mega-donors. And quite frankly that just ain't good enough.