Will the Democratic Party EVER recruit someone like Alexandria? EVER?Bill Barrow and Juana Summers are making a mighty ambitious claim for the A.P., one that I only wish was accurate: "Democratic leaders are embracing the enthusiasm of their base." On what universe are Democratic leaders are embracing the enthusiasm of their base? Certainly not the universe where the DCCC recruits the shittiest batch of Blue Dogs, New Dems and "ex"-Republicans I've seen in a decade. Certainly not the universe where Chuck Schumer handpicks the worst Democratic the House, Kyrsten Sinema--literally the worst, not the second or third worse, the worst-- to be the Democrap candidate for the Senate. Certainly not the universe where Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer announce that if the Democrats take over the House they're going to institute PAY-GO, which will prevent anything the grassroots want to just not happen. None of this-- N.O.N.E.:"Pelosi," they wrote, "has begun unveiling her strategy for a Democratic majority. And while it’s focused generally on helping working- and middle-class households, it’s decidedly not the wish list of the grassroots left." Exactly. Those tensions could come to a head if Pelosi struggles to be elected speaker. Even if she wins, it could be difficult for her to preside over a more liberal caucus." Except it will be a FAR more conservative caucus, thanks to the DCCC's recruiting this cycle. Why does A.P. have someone write a story like this who doesn't know anything at all about politics, not even who to ask? Isn't there a cat in a tree somewhere that they can write about?Yes, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez beat establishment dipshit Joe Crowley and Ayanna Pressley beat someone who may be more progressive then she is, Mike Capuano. So what's the message there? Identity politics matter? Pelosi's been singing loud out of that psalter for years and years. "Outsider candidates," they wrote, "are taking on establishment-aligned Democratic incumbents in the final primaries of the season over the coming week in states such as Delaware and Rhode Island." OK, that's true-- but the Democratic Party isn't embracing them... they're doing everything they can to screw them on behalf of corrupt conservatives Tom Carper (DE), Gina Raimondo (RI), Dan McKee (RI), Andrew Cuomo (NY) and Letitia James. What are these two reporters talking about?
Victories by candidates such as Pressley and Ocasio-Cortez have generated substantial grassroots energy. But they’ve also raised questions about whether the party will be able to compete in broad swaths of the country, a potential vulnerability Republicans are eager to exploit. There’s also debate over what a younger, more diverse class of lawmakers might mean for the fate of congressional leaders such as House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi and potential 2020 presidential candidates who are older and white, including former Vice President Joe Biden.
OK, there's a corrupt conservative running in Biden's home state and a progressive, Kerri Evelyn Harris. Biden-- the hackish old politician the corporate status quo ant Democratic establishment is hoping will stop Bernie and Elizabeth Warren-- endorsed Tom Carper and never even bothered meeting Harris. Flaming-- albeit corporate-- liberal Cory Booker also endorsed Carper, as did the Democratic Party, the AFL-CIO, Planned Parenthood, etc. Who endorsed Harris? Nina Turner, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley, Ilhan Omar, Our Revolution, Justice Democrats, Working Families Party, People For Bernie Sanders, DFA, Democratic Socialists of Delaware... Yet... these two journalists wrote about the "Democrats’ leftward lurch." Sorry, does not exist."Dozens of Democratic candidates," they wrote, 'for federal and state offices-- regardless of their positions on ICE, health care or impeachment-- have sworn off corporate campaign cash." That is such bullshit in so many cases. Corporate PACs aren't beating down their doors to contribute money to them so it's not hard to turn it down, is it? Let's see what happens when they're candidates. AND... how many of these campaigns are begging, pleading, whining, praying for the DCCC to spend millions dollars on their campaigns. Where do they think those millions of dollars come from? Ben Ray Lujan, Steny Hoyer, Nancy Pelosi and Debbie Wasserman Schultz don't pull that cash out of their asses. They funnel Wall Street money, gas and oil money, real estate developer money, war industries money, private prison money, pay day lender money into the campaigns of their favorite candidates. Grow up and smell the grass. The Democratic Party is every bit as corrupt as the Republican Party when it comes to this stuff-- every bit."The overall trend has been a wakeup call on Capitol Hill and thrilled leaders of the anti-Trump resistance and the grassroots left." A wakeup call? To wake up and fight progressives harder on behalf of their shitty corrupt conservative candidates like they did 2 weeks ago in Arizona where they helped putrid right-winger Ann Kirkpatrick beat a moderately progressive Matt Heinz? The Democratic Party is not embracing anyone who doesn't make it on their own. They're saving all their love for the worst garbage anyone can find-- the Jeff Van Drews of the election cycle. The DCCC even goes to candidates and tells them if they don't join the Blue Dogs or the New Dems, they won't get any DCCC support. (The week 2 candidates I had high hopes for MJ Hegar-- the one with the great video-- and Xochitl Torres Small-- the one with the great name-- both joined the Blue Dogs. If you're a DWT reader, you know what that means.)How about Rashida Tlaib? When will the Democratic Party recruit someone like Rashida?
