They feel betrayed. What used to be a dependable advocate for working families has, over the last two decades, morphed into being a second party of the interests of the wealthy. From his own experience, our guest author Les Leopold tells of mass layoffs within a “liberal establishment.” He says public private partnerships fail because the privates always win. He argues in much of the country there really is no Democratic Party, that where progressives are is not where workers are. His solution: an independent new party (your host argues for radical change in the Democratic Party).