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11. Yes, I agree that the more progressive

Thu Dec 4, 2025, 03:00 PM

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the more able and willing they are to break the rules as far as not using focus group approved talking points, etc. They can cut right to chase and meet people where they are.

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So I waited until the dust settled after the TN election to suggest this, but.... [View all] senseandsensibility 11 hrs ago OP

Im pretty sure Boo1 11 hrs ago #1

Wow. senseandsensibility 10 hrs ago #4

I agree LetMyPeopleVote 10 hrs ago #28

Agree and its the same with Tennessee aeromanKC 11 hrs ago #2

I actually confused TN with KY in my OP at first senseandsensibility 10 hrs ago #6

Everyone makes mistakes MustLoveBeagles 9 hrs ago #42

Thanks senseandsensibility 9 hrs ago #50

It was Tennessee and she won a primary against 3 other Democrats Just_Vote_Dem 10 hrs ago #3

Fixed it senseandsensibility 10 hrs ago #7

Good! n/t Just_Vote_Dem 10 hrs ago #8

Progressive Democrats should definetly run ... PBC_Democrat 10 hrs ago #37

Gillum didn't lose because he was a progressive. carpetbagger 9 hrs ago #54

Aftyn Behn won 78.8% of the Nashville vote on Tuesday. Tanuki 9 hrs ago #59

I agree that Graham would have beaten DeathSantis LetMyPeopleVote 9 hrs ago #69

That narrative is what gets me in trouble with Democrats. gab13by13 10 hrs ago #5

I'm personally for the most liberal candidate in almost all situations senseandsensibility 10 hrs ago #10

Give me one example where the DNC said gab13by13 10 hrs ago #16

I'm guessing that there are Bettie 10 hrs ago #31

I don't really care what the DNC thinks senseandsensibility 10 hrs ago #32

i saw them tank a progressive for a moderate. they lost. we got roscum. mopinko 9 hrs ago #65

I'm with you gab Docreed2003 9 hrs ago #48

I kind of doubt it. yardwork 10 hrs ago #9

Yes, I agree that the more progressive senseandsensibility 10 hrs ago #11

I think that's what we need. yardwork 10 hrs ago #13

Agree 👍 anciano 10 hrs ago #12

Wresting power from the Republican party Alsteen 10 hrs ago #14

No n/t leftstreet 10 hrs ago #15

You just said what I was trying to say. gab13by13 10 hrs ago #18

NO... 2naSalit 10 hrs ago #17

So a candidate that ran a Bernie type campaign Emile 10 hrs ago #19

My whole OP was a question senseandsensibility 10 hrs ago #20

You should ask Jason Kanew n/t leftstreet 10 hrs ago #21

Passive aggressives use questions to push a point. Bobstandard 9 hrs ago #62

So you're calling me passive aggressive without actually doing so? senseandsensibility 9 hrs ago #64

Thicker skin. Shorter fuse. Bobstandard 9 hrs ago #66

I think you answered your own question.... getagrip_already 10 hrs ago #26

I'm sorry, but the only ones doing a purity test Emile 10 hrs ago #30

how so? getagrip_already 9 hrs ago #40

So the only ones that do purity tests are progressives. Emile 9 hrs ago #49

She won the primary. returnee 10 hrs ago #34

that is very true, but a primary, especially in a special, is a very progressive race... getagrip_already 10 hrs ago #38

Probably correct. It's hard to make predictions based upon a special election with significantly lower turnout Silent Type 10 hrs ago #22

Probably not. It wasn't a winnable district Jose Garcia 10 hrs ago #23

Good question: Aftyn Behn would have done better or won, Ars Longa 10 hrs ago #24

I didn't hear about the country music thing until the day after the election senseandsensibility 10 hrs ago #27

I love country music. returnee 10 hrs ago #35

Old country was OK- Modern "Bro Country" sounds like has been Ars Longa 9 hrs ago #43

Yes, give me Willie and Waylon and Johnny Cash and Dolly senseandsensibility 9 hrs ago #47

I go back to Appalachian folk ballads and fiddle tunes... returnee 7 hrs ago #72

Merle Haggard? Liberal? returnee 7 hrs ago #73

By "these days" I take it you mean the last quarter century? johnp3907 2 hrs ago #84

I really doubt it mvd 10 hrs ago #25

Republican-lite always loses to a real Republican Fiendish Thingy 10 hrs ago #29

Harry Truman Emile 9 hrs ago #63

Exactly correct Deminpenn 9 hrs ago #67

Seems a bit irrelevant... EarlG 10 hrs ago #33

You nailed it MustLoveBeagles 9 hrs ago #45

It's true that rehashing would have been could have been scenarios senseandsensibility 9 hrs ago #53

"...old markodochartaigh 9 hrs ago #57

Plenty of red state moderate incumbents have lost to MAGA Republicans over the years IronLionZion 10 hrs ago #36

What are the actual examples of progressive winning in deep red states? RoeVWade 9 hrs ago #39

Was the lack of voter turnout an issue? czarjak 9 hrs ago #41

No. They said the same things about the moderate dem candidates here. 2 Meow Momma 9 hrs ago #44

No...absolutely not Docreed2003 9 hrs ago #46

This +1 Emile 9 hrs ago #52

Her message was very mainstream. Bluetus 9 hrs ago #60

I never said that she was "too progressive" Docreed2003 8 hrs ago #71

My apologies. You are correct. I replied to the wrong post Bluetus 4 hrs ago #78

It didn't help that she was female. Beshear is liberal, but he is a white man and he wins everywhere in KY Wanderlust988 9 hrs ago #51

Sadly, I'm sure that was a factor. senseandsensibility 9 hrs ago #56

It was highly highly unlikely that we were going to win it ibegurpard 9 hrs ago #55

No. Nashville/Davidson County's rock solid Democratic congressional district Tanuki 9 hrs ago #58

Thanks senseandsensibility 9 hrs ago #61

The election in a deep red district, and the outcome, is scaring the hell out of the white supremacy Tr**plicans. NNadir 9 hrs ago #68

We've been running to the center for 45 years. Gore1FL 9 hrs ago #70

There have been many moderate southern Dems over the past few decades. Wanderlust988 4 hrs ago #74

Never heard of Jasmine Crockett? Emile 4 hrs ago #77

She's in a very Democratic district Wanderlust988 3 hrs ago #81

Used to be a very democratic district. Emile 3 hrs ago #82

I want what you are smoking. Even Jasmine knows this and will likely run for the Senate Wanderlust988 2 hrs ago #85

Maybe we should try; I remember similar arguments regarding what was possible in 2008. Gore1FL 2 hrs ago #83

Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock won in Georgia...but they are male Wanderlust988 4 hrs ago #75

No matter how 'moderate' the candidate is, the GQP will label them "socialist communist fascist radical left Jack Valentino 4 hrs ago #76

Done better perhaps, but not won Justice Brandeis 3 hrs ago #79

There are different meanings of "progressive" and "moderate". MervinFerd 3 hrs ago #80

What does "moderate" even mean in this context? Crunchy Frog 2 hrs ago #86