Are we "in the early stages of the birth of a new Democratic Party"?

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30. More empty labels

as a way to say absolutely nothing. Throwing around labels isn't "standing for something." It's advertising that one has nothing of substance to say. But if serves the purpose of sowing division, and that is what counts. That the author of the article defines political ideology in terms of support for one politician is ironic to say the least.

I'll tell you what "the party lacks a clear message" means: the party refuses to make itself about white male privilege, and the issues and people it represents are nothing. Those "nothing" people won significant victories last night. A transgender woman defeated the author of the discriminatory bathroom bill. The first latinas were elected to the VA state legislature, and it was voters of color who made those victories possible. They don't believe their lives, their rights, and their interests are "nothing." Those are the "wedge issue," "identity politics" Americans we have been told are "centrist" and must be abandoned in order to promote the increased wealth of those who already earn more than 99.7% of the planet, which is what a household income of $100k a year is.

And because the party experienced some truly historic victories last night, we see this resurrection of an article from months ago. It certainly is telling.

It seems to me that people who claim the party stands for nothing ought to look in the mirror, because when an entire political discussion begins and ends with labels, that is nothing.

And Maine passed a Medicaid expansion resolution, which is of course utterly inconsequential because it isn't about Bernie Sanders. If people actually gave a shit about Medicare-for-all, they would be celebrating that win rather than reacting to Democratic victories by lashing out. Northam ran on a $15 minimum wage, once a litmus test and now "nothing." I submit it is not the people you and the author malign as "centrist" who stand for nothing.