Every Democrat should read this article in the NY Times.

[DanTex]

99. Yes, it has everything to do with the hard left.

See, it's easy for people like Chris Hedges to throw stones, because he doesn't have to worry about winning elections. The hard left complains that the Democratic party has lost seats, but how many seats in congress does the Green party hold? How many seats have they ever won? The hard left didn't lose any seats, because they never won any seats to begin with. The hard left didn't extend healthcare to 20 million people, curb carbon emissions, pass the strongest financial regulations since WW2, save the auto industry, etc.

More generally, what has the hard left ever accomplished, other than helping W win in 2000, and Trump win in 2016? Try to answer that honestly.

Yeah, you're right, Grimes lost. In Kentucky, a state which was a huge longshot to begin with. Again, show me the hard-leftists that have every won any major election in a red state. Or even a purple state. Or anywhere, really. You're right, for every Manchin there's a Grimes. We're not going to win all red state elections. But if we can win even half of them, that's a huge bonus.

Anyway, after you answer the question of what the hard left has ever accomplished, then tell me why we should listen to their electoral strategy. Cornel West and Chris Hedges and Jill Stein can lecture the Democrats as soon as any of them prove they have a message that can win an election.