Centrist Dems Have Already Forgotten About Kamala Harris: Pivoting to the right didn't work in 2024. It won't work now.

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23. Again, you misunderstand my position

Your conclusion that I want progressives to run as independents is logically flawed and based on your assumptions, not on anything I said.

I want the party to evolve, be courageous, flaunt its traditional values, not run from them.

People like Golden and Fetterman are essentially serving as independents, but using their caucusing with Dems to gain privileges such as committee assignments while giving little back to the caucus, at least while Dems are in the minority.

Again, it is time for Dems to fearlessly champion their traditional values- I agree that candidates should be vetted better for their loyalty to those values, and rejected/primaried if they go rogue and vote against those values or sabotage a Dem president’s agenda.

Young candidates are not necessarily less experienced- many have years of organizing and activism that eclipse the years of schmoozing with lobbyists that more “experienced” Dems can brag about. Young candidates attract young voters, and young voters are the largest untapped pool of voters in the nation.