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In reply to the discussion: Sherrod Brown: Dems will lose if we have to choose between speaking to progressive base and workers [View all]JohnnyRingo
(18,816 posts)34. You don't live in NE Ohio
I'm not even guessing there, because if you did live in such an area you'd know how union manufacturing workers turned out in droves for Trump in 2016. Though there's talk that this area is turning red, we still reliably voted for moderates Tim Ryan and Sherrod Brown in the mids.
I know where you're coming from, saying that if they were polled on individual topics they'd agree with a liberal platform, but too many of those workaday clock punchers would turn their heads and spit at the mere mention of Nancy Pelosi. Unfortunately.
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Sherrod Brown: Dems will lose if we have to choose between speaking to progressive base and workers [View all]
brooklynite
Jan 2019
OP
Mine too. Brown has consistently voted correctly (almost prophetically) on everything since 1993.
stuffmatters
Jan 2019
#89
Good point. The fact is though those wedge issues will come up, we just have to hope the common
still_one
Jan 2019
#14
I'm not sure what he means by the Progressive base. I was under the impression progressives
jalan48
Jan 2019
#6
Progressives are also seen as supporting a range of civil rights and "identity politics" issues...
brooklynite
Jan 2019
#37
So you're thinking it will be a good idea to call a block of voters a name? Do you think that will
jalan48
Jan 2019
#79
Sorry, misread what you said. I think we're on the same side here. I like Brown.
jalan48
Jan 2019
#82
I think calling voters names is a really bad idea. If we focus on the issues and not label "bad"
jalan48
Jan 2019
#87
I think he means coaltition building. Workers and Progressives dont' need to be on different sides.
haele
Jan 2019
#28
He's talking about all workers. Some of them won't vote Democrat because they are basically
KPN
Jan 2019
#60
Progressives/Liberals have always supported and been part of the working/middle class
Freethinker65
Jan 2019
#38
As a progressive, I disagree -- based on the record over the past 40+ years and some who have called
KPN
Jan 2019
#67
I think when it comes to legislative priorities, and the record over the past 40+ years, yes.
KPN
Jan 2019
#66
"I've seen so many national Democrats look at this as you either speak to the progressive base, or
50 Shades Of Blue
Jan 2019
#56
He's there, he ought to know I'd think. I'll take his word for it. The record certainly supports
KPN
Jan 2019
#63
Why? That isn't going top change anything. If you can't interpret the record to equate to that
KPN
Jan 2019
#68
I am not a mindreader. So what "national Democrats" is he referring to?
50 Shades Of Blue
Jan 2019
#81