Progressive Democrats aren't turning activism into election wins

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60. Hillary's platform was more progressive in part because of Bernie. He knocked out the two other candidates that were

to the right of Hillary and would have pulled her to the right. Once he was the only challenger ( she was always the front runner and likely winner) the primary stayed more left. While Obama's platform was more liberal, at the urging of some of his people he pushed Dean out of the DNC and installed Tim Kaine. And we all remember what a fireball Kaine was, I mean he changed the party logo! Who wants something like an aggressive 50 state strategy when we can change a logo! After Debbie Wasserman Schultz ran the DNC into the ground, Hillary's campaign had to start secretly funneling money to the DNC to keep it afloat. And Wasserman Shultz is no progressive. And yet it was the progressives in the DNC that got pushed out.

I get that there is friction from time to time between the progressives and the more centrist members of the party. And not all of their battles are good ones, or fought well, but the same can be said for the centrists. And the progressive members of the house and senate are FAR more reliable votes than some of the more right leaning democrats, like Manchin. And yet it seems that time and time again progressives are pushed out or locked out, then bend over backwards for the Manchins of the party. You want the progressives to be better team players with the party? So do I and maybe a good start would be for the party to not constantly bash them or shutting the door in their face. Especially when progressives sometimes get motivated and show up when the party needs them, and not look for ways to hamstring the party like Manchin.