So, who is the most conservative Democrat

[JCanete]

13. you are only looking at part of the issue with running conservative dems. Is he better than a

Republican being in office? From one metric, yes, of course, even though that is a pretty shitty voting record at 77 percent, for a Dem. But does our party's identity suffer? Does it make it harder for us to use strong, non wishy washy language when it comes to the issues that Democrats care about, just so that we can be careful not to throw the Manchins of the party under the bus--or worse, so as not to alienate the Manchins of the party and have them go rogue on us? Does it ultimately water down our whole message? Does it tie our hands behind our back and lead to larger losses than these middling gains?

You're right, we don't know if liberals can win these seats. But we don't try to build a liberal counter-argument in these states and localities, opting instead to try to cater to the conservative mindset already present...just a little kinder and gentler. Its no surprise that these conservative bastions of thought have persisted and rooted themselves so thoroughly. We haven't offered an alternative, if only to introduce a little cognitive dissonance.