"Crowley was a down-the-line liberal" -- what kind of nonsense is this? No he wasn't. He worked for Citigroup. Nice smart guy, but in favor of corporate concentration.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ocasio-cortez-just-did-democrats-a-big-favor/2018/06/27/dafdc498-7a4c-11e8-aeee-4d04c8ac6158_story.html?utm_term=.a19f06a7526f …
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3. In 85 percent of Dem House primaries this year, the candidate who raised the most money won. Of the exceptions, 70% are women. This is the year of the woman, not the anti-Democratic-establishment candidate.
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It doesn’t have to be one or the other.
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I do agree with you that there’s a progressive uprising. I just don’t see the pushback that you see.
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I don’t think I follow. So you’d say that the DCCC and, say, Our Rev or Justice Democrats are actually in political alignment?
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Crowley isn’t liberal. He was a leader of the New Dems. He was not a member of the progressive caucus. The meaning of the election isn’t obvious but Crowley isn’t a liberal by his own choice of caucus.
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I agree. New Dems same as old DLC which Al From started & Clinton & Gore profited from. Obama also said he was a New Dem.
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Are the first-time candidates more progressive? Yes. But they aren’t getting a lot of pushback from the party. Everybody is moving in that direction.
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2. 27 of 29 candidates backed by DCCC in primaries have prevailed.
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1. A grand total of one Democratic House incumbent defeated in primary.
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Ryan, you’re the one contorting. You’ve been beating the insurgents-vs-establishment, Democratic civil war drum all year but the evidence doesn’t bear it out. The stats:
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