Coons: Democrats Need To Abandon 'Wild-Eyed' Race to Left

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34. That is not true. Left Left politics cost us big in both 2000, 2004, 2010,

2014 and 2016. There are not enough votes to win with such ideology in this country and that makes me really sad because I am a liberal, but the GOP has successfully painted us as the out of touch left. And the get rid of ICE movement is an example of what not to do...I detest ICE but it isn't going anywhere...running on reform makes more sense.

We only have a majority with moderate to conservative Democrats. Look at the Senate and tell me how we achieve a majority without them? We don't. The idea that the centrists (which really mean anyone who disagrees with me) are somehow preventing a progressive utopia is ridiculous...we have at best a center left country. The last electoral success we had was in 08 where Dean ran a 50 state race...matching candidates to their states and districts. this is what works. The Democratic Party cannot achieve a majority without a big tent. If the GOP are able to paint us as far left, we will lose as many as five votes in the Senate..consider the consequences of that number, and we may not even get the House as we are competing in GOP areas for disaffected Trump voters. Without the Senate, we will never appoint a SCOTUS judge...that is just the reality of our situation. We get what we can.