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57. And they still will be labeled as Socialists from the right.

Fri Jun 26, 2026, 07:06 PM

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They are actually helping build the narrative against Democrats by agreeing with Republicans. (Those darn Socialists are bad.)

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13 centrist Democrats sign "Promise to America" - capitalism, fiscal discipline, strong borders and pride in US [View all] Nanjeanne Friday OP

My Dog.... NewHendoLib Friday #1

We are definitetly going to need to take the house by more than 13. LuvLoogie Friday #2

We definitely have a centrist problem. Emile Friday #41

Without centrists Boo1 Friday #44

We have a centrist problem!! Emile Friday #45

Seriously. What a bunch of drivel from these CivicGrief Friday #55

You get to define what Boo1 Friday #67

See post 36 Emile Friday #71

we know what it ISN'T Skittles Friday #95

Yes Cirsium 17 hrs ago #117

Actually you don't Boo1 16 hrs ago #122

But you do? Cirsium 16 hrs ago #124

When did I? Boo1 14 hrs ago #142

Technically, we all get that say, in the privacy of the voting booth. 😁 -nt CrispyQ 15 hrs ago #138

Indeed Boo1 14 hrs ago #143

If you re-read H2O Man 15 hrs ago #130

All I see is 'let's fix the economy & get along.' CrispyQ 15 hrs ago #136

Damn I am tired of people like me being attacked at this website RandomNumbers 15 hrs ago #137

There's an unshakeable belief that the Democratic Party is the main obstacle to political revolution betsuni 14 hrs ago #144

Not to mention centrists are terrible negotiators. They only ask GPV 19 hrs ago #107

I agree PatSeg 19 hrs ago #108

And "Centrists" are just Bettie Friday #58

Bullshit Boo1 Friday #69

Did you read it? Cirsium 17 hrs ago #118

Yes Boo1 16 hrs ago #123

OK Cirsium 15 hrs ago #126

I strongly disagree LetMyPeopleVote 19 hrs ago #111

Recommended. H2O Man 15 hrs ago #131

Bullshit. So much for not trashing Democrats. RandomNumbers 15 hrs ago #132

Moderates is a better description demosincebirth 19 hrs ago #109

"Centrist" is replacing "establishment" as the fashionable meaningless insult to label Democrats as not progressive, betsuni 15 hrs ago #139

Post removed Post removed Friday #3

"Contract on America" orthoclad Friday #5

Right? AStern Friday #16

This "promise" is an agreement to orthoclad Friday #19

Exactly Blue Full Moon Friday #76

Shades of Newt Gingrich orthoclad Friday #77

I'm good with most of that stuff. What are they against? mymomwasright Friday #4

Y'know, all those things that "socialist" countries have. orthoclad Friday #6

Did they say they were against it? I looked up one signatory - Janelle Bynum RandomNumbers 15 hrs ago #129

It's bad enough that the R's are trying to divide us Deuxcents Friday #7

They seem to believe that everything happening today is fine and is mainstream and normal Quiet Em Friday #8

They don't believe everything is fine. yardwork Friday #10

They aren't offering anything Quiet Em Friday #11

I agree mvd 20 hrs ago #100

Tom Suozzi is in NY Quiet Em Friday #13

Then they should have some respect for the Dems who won in their districts. Why put out this Nanjeanne Friday #25

What? I don't understand what you're saying. yardwork Friday #49

How about you just read the free link to the Wash Post or maybe even Suozzi's own statement Nanjeanne Friday #83

Are you suggesting that people should vote against them? yardwork Friday #84

What are you talking about? Where did I say that? Voters get to choose. Im flummoxed. Nanjeanne Friday #86

North Carolina's primaries are over. yardwork Friday #87

My OP made no comment at all. I posted a Wash Post article and the actual Promise To America. Nanjeanne Friday #88

These are your exact words in this thread: yardwork Friday #89

Read my lips. I NEVER SUGGESTED ANYTHING ABOUT HOW SOMEONE SHOULD VOTE. Nanjeanne Friday #91

Bashing Democratic candidates depresses the vote for them. yardwork Friday #92

All of us at DU want to take back the House and we want all of our Democratic nominees to win Quiet Em Friday #94

You seem to be either misunderstanding, misreading, or misinterpreting the poster's message. msfiddlestix 15 hrs ago #125

Very red district here Cirsium 17 hrs ago #120

No arguments from me on that strategy. yardwork 15 hrs ago #127

I see Cirsium 15 hrs ago #128

I'm not surprised to see the two from North Carolina. yardwork Friday #9

I am mixed on this issue. Matthew28 Friday #12

My goal is to get a Democratic majority in Congress. yardwork Friday #18

But they are attacking other Democrats in a not so subtle way. CivicGrief Friday #59

How are they attacking other Democrats? yardwork Friday #60

They said it was. Read the articles. Nanjeanne Friday #65

We're all aware how civics works. CivicGrief Friday #90

"Yes, but who wants a majority if we must sacrifice being pure to get there?" ... or something 😂🤣🙄 QueerDuck 19 hrs ago #110

It seems laughable but here we are. yardwork 19 hrs ago #112

And are the progressives who have won their primaries against "strong" borders and against some level Nanjeanne Friday #23

We aren't in a big tent, I guess. aocommunalpunch Friday #26

I personally think the Dems MustLoveBeagles Friday #33

Which 'socialist' policies do they disagree with? NeoTrajan Friday #14

I suspect they're appeasing their corporate donors LearnedHand Friday #30

Here is my first stab at a list. yellow dahlia Friday #53

They probably disagree with the DSA's call to defund the police, abolish prisons, and release all convicts. lapucelle 19 hrs ago #114

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Me too politics doesn't work MustLoveBeagles Friday #34

they all need to be primaried hookaleft Friday #17

Many of them should be on the top of the primary list for 2028 Renew Deal Friday #20

Yeah, Europe is so extreme. However, I agree that "Socialist" is a loser in the .... ColoringFool Friday #21

Socialism is the bogeyman pushed by the pukes LearnedHand Friday #31

And they still will be labeled as Socialists from the right. CivicGrief Friday #57

If it's a choice between a genuine Republican, Emile Friday #22

What a completely pointless clump of words. Oneironaut Friday #24

Post removed Post removed Friday #27

So corruption and neoliberalism are totally okay LearnedHand Friday #28

First of all Karma13612 Friday #29

They aren't trying to put forth any new ideas. They merely want to imply that these damn progressive Nanjeanne Friday #36

What this usually means is Bettie Friday #63

You got it. Nanjeanne Friday #64

They're really Eisenhower Republicans. The GOP doesn't want them. haele Friday #32

Eisenhower doesn't want them either. Nanjeanne Friday #37

Not one F***ng word in the Promise to America about (for profit) HMO HealthCare. Ars Longa Friday #35

That would impact the bottom line of Bettie Friday #72

One could argue that this line does address that: RandomNumbers 15 hrs ago #135

13 out of 200? SocialDemocrat61 Friday #38

Rule: If even one Democrat can be used to suppress support for the whole party, we're off to the races. betsuni Friday #93

What's the point of this.... Etherealoc1 Friday #39

More Fettermans. Emile Friday #40

Democratic Socialism is now mainstream AZProgressive Friday #42

Oh alright ...OK, from now on.... you get TWO bread crusts a day-- instead of ONE. Ars Longa Friday #43

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My thoughts too! Emile Friday #47

Every one of these candidates is the Democratic candidate in their district. yardwork Friday #61

This is likely going to be a theme durablend Friday #48

I'm for socialism, taxing the billionaires into nonexistence, labor's freedom of movement equals capital's Prairie Gates Friday #50

What's wrong with socialism? Violet_Crumble Friday #51

As MLK Jr said Nanjeanne 20 hrs ago #103

Thank you! H2O Man 15 hrs ago #133

... Nanjeanne 15 hrs ago #134

"We disagree with socialists," Suozzi said". yellow dahlia Friday #52

Democratic Socialists aren't socialists. They are the real centrists. pat_k Friday #54

Please corect tthe headline. These people are not at the "center" of anything. Bluetus Friday #56

It was the Wash Post description. Nanjeanne Friday #73

I suggest putting it in quotes then, because it is an opinion of theirs, certainly not a fact. Bluetus Friday #75

Got any details to go with that rhetoric? Raven123 Friday #62

Oh goodie. mr715 Friday #66

Not just tepid dishwater - sour sink water that's been sitting there for three days with grease and soap in it . . . hatrack Friday #68

PTA is Vague Classic "No Labels" stuff : Zero mention of Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid-- Ars Longa Friday #70

"Fiscal discipline?" ... TAX THE RICH, and ... Martin Eden Friday #74

A good start for the creation of a new Republican Deminpenn Friday #78

The question is what are we going to do make difference in peoples lives. everyonematters Friday #79

I'm glad my rep didn't sign that. 50 Shades Of Blue Friday #80

Lol, gab13by13 Friday #81

I was almost convinced to vote for candidate Marlene Galn-Woods in Arizona but her decision to sign on to this in2herbs Friday #82

Post removed Post removed Friday #85

Aw, hell... duckworth969 Yesterday #96

Flipping a red district that Donald Trump won is an actual Nixie Yesterday #97

I'm proud to say that we flipped two Nassau county districts blue in 2024, lapucelle 21 hrs ago #98

That is a true accomplishment. Thank you for your service Nixie 8 hrs ago #146

President Harry S Truman knew the type and warned us. Kid Berwyn 21 hrs ago #99

What a piece of shit document JBTaurus83 20 hrs ago #101

Al politics is local. - Tip O'Neill mzmolly 20 hrs ago #102

Putting lipstick on capitalism with colonial era values bucolic_frolic 20 hrs ago #104

You can NOT have "fair" capialism without some johnnyfins 20 hrs ago #105

Exactly JBTaurus83 19 hrs ago #113

The "Carville Fetterman axis" trying to look relevant n/t Munu 20 hrs ago #106

James Carville supported Conor Lamb in 2022. N/T lapucelle 18 hrs ago #115

Even a broken clock.... JBTaurus83 17 hrs ago #116

So the "Carville-Fetterman axis" doesn't actually exist lapucelle 17 hrs ago #119

I wasn't the one that posted that JBTaurus83 17 hrs ago #121

Well, mainstream is socialist. I really wish they would use the label communist instead of socialist KPN 15 hrs ago #140

"Full-time work should make it possible to ... afford healthcare...." area51 14 hrs ago #141

Enough with the labels; snot 13 hrs ago #145