Joe Manchin is right

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48. No he is right. We progressives have done a crappy job winning hearts and minds...the last

successful effort was Dean's 50 state strategy and for whatever reason, he was shown the door after winning a 60 person majority in the Senate and doing very well in the House. Some waste time primarying Democrats and ceding entire states to the GOP while not taking on Republicans at all. We have to be able to compete in purple and red states/districts. We can't hold a majority any other way...look at the math. If we don't hold the House, the GOP could take a presidential election and throw it into the house where they have 26 out of 50 votes and could get away with 'winning' in ' Congress after losing at the polls...nobody wants to hear this but it is the truth.

Consider the plight of the much-maligned moderates in the house or even the Senate who must get reelected if we want a majority. They gave us a majority and yet or expected to have no say in important legislation. Now I prefer the Progressive stance myself, but fair is fair. Progressives ignore the moderate's election concerns at their peril...progressives may be in deep blue districts and/or states but being in the majority is very difficult and they will get nothing at all. It is especially dangerous now when it really could cost us the Republic. We get what we can and come back for more and accept the fact that we won't get it all.