What do you think the furor is if not lighting a bonfire? The agenda is not all about losing though that makes for bitter soundbytes. It's about winning in 2018 and 2020.
For me, it's about getting a president who isn't a tots embarrassment and fixing a two party system that refuses to work together. Hell, the Rs can't even work together let alone the Rs and Ds.
Still we elect incumbants every year.