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Leaders move masses. Look at Lincoln, look at either Roosevelt (who didn't even come from the working class). They had a vision and they pulled the country towards that vision. I refuse to believe that out of 350million of us there aren't a couple people capable of being real leaders. 'we don't have the votes' - so get them. Bernie Sanders was polling at less than 1% when he entered the race against Clinton, and he nearly beat her by building a movement. The reason they don't have the votes is because they don't want them. They don't actually believe in progressive policies.