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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It is very important to win the Senate this year, and if there is evidence that we can do it without running to the right, I will be delighted and act on it. But I will also bend my personal lefty beliefs like a reed if that is what it takes to put up electable Democrats who win
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Right now the most despicable centrist Democrat stands for a public option, for pay equality and reproductive rights, stronger unions, climate science, an end to atrocities at our border and a lot of other stuff I know you and I both believe in
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I know there are technical factors. I'm no expert in electoral politics, don't read process stories, don't speak OpEd, I'm clearly a failure in this world. I want representatives who haven't already agreed to defeat and promised to make things worse. Do we even have goals?
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I think the most important shared goals across both wings of the party are deradicalizing the judiciary, passing some gun laws, infrastructure, returning to the Paris accords, and extending health coverage. Those aren't my dream goals, but they are real and not Republican lite
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