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ck4829

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4. "Mainstream" vs "progressive" is far from the only dichotomy though

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Feb 22, 2022, 10:01 AM

Feb 2022

I’m to the left of Jon Tester but I admire the man because he holds people in power accountable, he doesn’t speak out of both sides of his mouth, he doesn’t act like his support is like Lucy’s football that he can jerk out from under Charlie at the last second.

Progressive… mainstream… we need less eeyores. We need less mealy-mouthed politicians who say “we shouldn’t even try”. We need less politicians who think Trump-Republicans are doing politics in good faith.

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Democrats are engaged in a 'new politics of evasion' that could cost them in 2024, new study says [View all] brooklynite Feb 2022 OP

Also that the path to victory lies in sending more USPS junk mail bucolic_frolic Feb 2022 #1

Careful, now. This is not at all sunshine-y. Bearers of non-sunshine-y news will be the Scrivener7 Feb 2022 #2

Minority votes for reps MOST OF THE TIME increase after a year but not by huge amounts and it uponit7771 Feb 2022 #3

"Mainstream" vs "progressive" is far from the only dichotomy though ck4829 Feb 2022 #4

Lots of words and the only message I got Dr. Shepper Feb 2022 #5

Maybe you should read it again. Scrivener7 Feb 2022 #6

What an insulting analysis. Portraying Democrats as naive, unaware of what's going on. If one goes JohnSJ Feb 2022 #7

Well JohnSJ, it's straight from the 'Progressive Policy Institute'. Budi Feb 2022 #16

I have a different take on this maxrandb Feb 2022 #8

This is my sentiment too Dr. Shepper Feb 2022 #10

This 10,000 % msfiddlestix Feb 2022 #11

K & R & Thank You! Budi Feb 2022 #18

There is going to be a titanic clash when this (see below) critique runs head-on into the fact that Celerity Feb 2022 #9

This line from the article is telling about how "helpful" the authors are to Democrats maxrandb Feb 2022 #28

This is decrying the hostile MSM's depiction of the Democratic Party, Hortensis Feb 2022 #12

Each of your examples quite rightly points out the fact that we are Scrivener7 Feb 2022 #13

From the Progressive Policy Institute. Expect nothing less than self promotion. Budi Feb 2022 #14

Just to review: in 1988, Dukakis won 10 States + Dv. and got 111 EVs brooklynite Feb 2022 #17

And what. It's year 2022 Budi Feb 2022 #20

Okay: let's play through... brooklynite Feb 2022 #24

You play. I see a few big missing unmentioned pieces when it comes to 2016-2020 Budi Feb 2022 #26

Biden was the candidate in 2020 AZProgressive Feb 2022 #15

And while Biden won, we LOST seats in the House and only BARELY WON the Senate... brooklynite Feb 2022 #19

The seats we lost were Max Rose AZProgressive Feb 2022 #22

Actually Rose lost when he showed up at police violence rally with chants of "Defund the Police" brooklynite Feb 2022 #25

His opponent painted him as anti police AZProgressive Feb 2022 #27

A reminder from 2020... brooklynite Feb 2022 #29

Pelosi was calm during that meeting AZProgressive Feb 2022 #31

I wish they would allow the consequences of gerrymandering more emphasis Torchlight Feb 2022 #21

R's talk and do NOTHING.... RANDYWILDMAN Feb 2022 #23

"Radically Pragmatic" Kid Berwyn Feb 2022 #30