"There Is Going to Be a War Within the Party. We Are Going to Lean Into It.'

[brooklynite]

Politico

Maybe you’ve heard the warning: The country is beset by a menace. A fringe conservative minority is holding Congress hostage, extracting radical policy concessions over the will of the majority. And it’s leading the nation to fiscal, environmental and moral ruin.

Maybe you haven’t heard this part: These dangerous conservatives are Democrats.

“I am talking about the radical conservatives in the Democratic Party,” said Saikat Chakrabarti. “That’s who we need to counter. It’s the same across any number of issues—pay-as-you-go, free college, “Medicare for all.” These are all enormously popular in the party, but they don’t pass because of the radical conservatives who are holding the party hostage.”

Not long ago, this would have been an outlier position even among American liberals. Today, it’s the organizing principle of a newly empowered segment of the Democratic Party, one with a foothold in the new Congress.

[mr_lebowski]

1. Oh, brother ... stfu Politico ...

[stonecutter357]

2. Cool Story, Bro , !

[manor321]

3. More anti-liberal bullshit from Politico

[brooklynite]

7. Are you suggesting the story isn't true, or that it's unpleasant to read?

[DURHAM D]

4. Two things.

1) I need a list of those Democrats that are radical conservatives.

2) Chief of Staff for a member of congress needs to stop seeking press to push his own agenda. Seems like the guy just can't let the girl (OAC) be in the lead.

[CentralMass]

5. I subscribe to the theory that we have become an ogliarchy.

https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-27074746

[DetlefK]

6. If you don't have ideas for an article, write how the Democrats are in civil war with each other.

Politico is especially cheap in this. They attacked HRC in 2016, parroting the republican attacks for the sake of cheap clicks.