Tacit support for any one candidate amongst the left indicates, above all, a critical misevaluation of the balance of forces in Washington and the role of the left in such periods. Such support reflects on the reckless individualism displayed by such persons, who are either blind or intentionally ignorant to the systemic roots of the issue, buying into the misperception that it’s the officials themselves who dictate the ins and outs of policy - not the immediate short-termism so prevalent in financial...