These ‘moderates’ need to go. I was a very moderate Democrat from 2003 when I turned 18 until 2016… and they accomplished a big fat nothing except losing a bunch of very easy races.
And because they accomplished 0% of their very moderate agenda that agenda is now painfully out of date and offers no real solutions to our rapidly growing problems.
Moderation on climate change, income inequality, education, infrastructure, criminal justice reform, corporate governance and immigration is now completely unworkable. We waited so long that the window closed on all of it. Now we have to work fast, and speed does not equal moderation. Moderation at this point means falling further behind on a whole host of issues. We have to play catch up now, and that’s as much the fault of moderates as it is the fault of the GOP.
I’m sorry but reasons why you lost stop mattering at a certain point. The moderates lost and it’s over for them. Reasonable now looks like Elizabeth Warren not Biden. Burying our heads in the sand is not a reasonable course of action to take. The people in Washington who are still moderate don’t deserve to be taken seriously.
They’re indistinguishable from Republicans at this point. They bring nothing to the table whatsoever–their only purpose seems to be blocking progressive legislation that may actually improve lives–yet the media continues to fawn over them as if they’re great, noble compromisers.
Spanberger beat David Brat in a district he won by 16 points (and Trump won by 6) in 2016. That’s what she brings to the table. Having the majority matters and some CIA Democrat is way way better than a so-called “moderate” Republican, let alone a Tea Party maniac like Brat.
Brian Williams had a scintillating panel on a few minutes ago.
Guy one from the NYT (went to Yale and wrote for Time, so yeah) said impeachment’s pretty much out of the headlines, and that it could come back, but probably not. Whose fault is that?
Anita Kumar from Politico (gave a going away party to SHS) said that as the days pass, impeachment looks less and less likely.
Brian Williams and these two panelists are making poor choices.
What’s most hilarious is that Kumar works for Politico, the site I’m now using to track impeachment numbers. They first posted their live updating article on August 16, and are doing by far the best investigative work related to who’s on the record right now. Sounds to me like Politico finally thinks this is a story worth pursuing. GJGE Anita. I mean Nadler is on record saying a decision on filing Articles of Impeachment will happen by some point in December, and she’s like ‘nah, looks really unlikely by the day’. lol