El Chisme

We must never again let our candidates fall prey to the siren song of far-left groups who claim, without evidence, to speak for our coalition and offer a path to the nomination.

We’re the only ones who get to claim to speak for the coalition without evidence!

But there were no number of American flags at the DNC, Never-Trump Republican endorsements, or visits to the border that could overcome the weight of the politically fraught positions she took to satisfy the far left in the 2019 primary.

Positions she all flip-flopped on the moment she became VP. Once again, voters’ fundamental issue with the Democrats is that they are constantly waffling, triangulating, and changing positions based on whatever focus group they had this week and voters interpret that as shifty and dishonest.

you believe that making substantial progress requires winning elections—and not alienating the vast swath of swing voters of all races.

Your “win over the swing vote” pusillanimous centrism lost you the election. This is the most infuriating part about neoliberals, it doesn’t matter how many times they shit the bed, they still think they’re the ones who know how to keep the linens clean.

This truth about our primaries is in large part because key voter groups in the Democratic base are moderate: particularly African Americans and Latinos.

And there it is, the patronizing dismal of minorities in the left and claiming to speak for minorities.

Democrats have the luxury of a talented bench