"None of this happens overnight; it’s the work of a generation. If anything, I think the Biden Democrats have done a pretty good job of leaning into this diversity—both on policy and politics. That’s why we have Tester and Cooper, but also Fetterman and Warnock and Kelly. That’s why Democrats nominated Tim Ryan in Ohio in 2022 and, frank…
"None of this happens overnight; it’s the work of a generation. If anything, I think the Biden Democrats have done a pretty good job of leaning into this diversity—both on policy and politics. That’s why we have Tester and Cooper, but also Fetterman and Warnock and Kelly. That’s why Democrats nominated Tim Ryan in Ohio in 2022 and, frankly, why they chose Joe Biden over Bernie Sanders in 2020."
I agree and I hope the Dems keep moving in this direction. However I'm a moderate squish so this aligns with my priors. I fear that there is a sizeable portion of the Democratic left that will NOT accept a moderate Biden coalition. They're every bit as strident and insistent on instant gratification wins as the MAGA right is. These people are also willing to vote against Dems to burn the corrupt middle down and cede (possibly permanently) power to the right out of spite for not getting their cake and being able to eat it too.
This worries me and is one of the reasons I think this system has become so balanced over the past generation. The Right can hold onto non- or soft authoritarians like Ross Douthat and Bill Barr because someone, somewhere was too fucking progressive and that's the entire Democratic Party's fault.
"None of this happens overnight; it’s the work of a generation. If anything, I think the Biden Democrats have done a pretty good job of leaning into this diversity—both on policy and politics. That’s why we have Tester and Cooper, but also Fetterman and Warnock and Kelly. That’s why Democrats nominated Tim Ryan in Ohio in 2022 and, frankly, why they chose Joe Biden over Bernie Sanders in 2020."
I agree and I hope the Dems keep moving in this direction. However I'm a moderate squish so this aligns with my priors. I fear that there is a sizeable portion of the Democratic left that will NOT accept a moderate Biden coalition. They're every bit as strident and insistent on instant gratification wins as the MAGA right is. These people are also willing to vote against Dems to burn the corrupt middle down and cede (possibly permanently) power to the right out of spite for not getting their cake and being able to eat it too.
This worries me and is one of the reasons I think this system has become so balanced over the past generation. The Right can hold onto non- or soft authoritarians like Ross Douthat and Bill Barr because someone, somewhere was too fucking progressive and that's the entire Democratic Party's fault.