Progressives learned in 2018 that they are not able to flip Republican seats, but they can win upsets in Democratic primaries. This attempt to seize the commanding heights of the party by knocking out the centrist leadership is another fascinating way polarization is playing outhttps://twitter.com/mattdpearce/status/1234171129218002945 …
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There are two reasons. The first is that they do share our values. They may be constrained by their voters, but that's politics. It is better to have Doug Jones in office than not, even if he takes conservative votes. The second reason is we need a majority, and they give us that
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If you talk to Democrats in swing districts (or Trump districts), they have a sense of how far away from their voters they can get before it becomes an electoral liability. But there are fewer of those districts for either party, and less room for pragmatism and compromise
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There's no "we." The Democrats are Animal Farm. I'm sick of being told that all we can get is a slightly slower move to the right, and a slighty smaller heap of corpses, and a slightly less fascist society. Deeply disappointed to see you support these people.
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Which people? The four people I'm trying to get elected?
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