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Showing Original Post only (View all)So can we get rid of the stupid "progressive vs establishment" false dichotomy now? [View all]
Gillum had a fabulous win last night and he's a good candidate. The primary was never a factional brawl despite media narratives desperately wishing it were so...
Gillum's career didn't begin with anyone's endorsement. Gillum has built a career over a decade through hard work and grit. And his efforts have now brought him within reach of a Governorship.
He is not a footnote in someone else's story.
He enjoyed support among all kinds of Democrats, and he especially benefitted from support among the base of the Democratic Party.
Even those who supported Graham, are happy with his win. He is charismatic, his constituents in Tallahassee love him, and he has a bright political future regardless of what happens in November.
But above all, it shows that those pushing factionalism between progressives and "establishment" need to be studiously ignored from here on.