The GA-6 result discredits the "centrists can win-the left can't" narrative.

[JHan]

61. This was a progressive leaning district? That's news to me.

You can't keep reusing the same talking points..and hope it applies in every situation.

And this persistent meme of yours that people are being "ignored" and treated as "junior" even when said people were given a seat at the table yet still disrespect Democrats is amazing to me.

Assess the situation correctly. Ossoff's ears were to the ground and he focused on the thing that should have united leftists of all stripes - healthcare. Problem is he was *Running in a republican district*

Share with us then how you would persuade people in this district who grudge vote, who don't want to pay more taxes, who don't want policies that give people "free shit" , that the Democratic platform is the better platform.

This is no longer about Sanders and Clinton, the Democratic party consists of ( to quote another member haele here) "pragmatists and idealists", moderates and those to the far left. In some districts, far left politics is not palatable, that's where your moderate candidates have a chance. So the challenge before us is crafting the message-

Voter Suppression is a fact.
Gerrymandering is a fact.

We're facing a battle and severely handicapped because of those two realities but we're not using efficiently the tools our enemies use. They realise we're in an information war and we haven't sussed this out yet. We still don't have a response to the ways in which Republicans weaponize data, do we understand the power of media at all? And we're going to have to sink resources into voter registration efforts ( I know this happens but mobilization will have to occur on a massive scale and that requires MONEY)

The problem is not ideology but strategy. If you persist in spreading the false dichotomy of "Progressive" vs "establishment" instead of discussing strategy, you are not helping.