Democratic Primaries

scheming daemons

(25,487 posts) Tue Jan 21, 2020, 09:55 AM Jan 2020

Note to AOC: 39 of the 41 House seat pickups in '18 were moderates [View all]

YOU, AOC, won a D+30 district in which any person on the planet with a (D) next to their name would win.

If the rest of the party was like you, the GOP would have a 100+ seat majority in the House.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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Note to AOC: 39 of the 41 House seat pickups in '18 were moderates [View all] scheming daemons Jan 2020 OP

K&R LongtimeAZDem Jan 2020 #1

AOC should do the job she is elected to do NCProgressive Jan 2020 #2

Maybe Not For Long Me. Jan 2020 #10

I doubt it NewJeffCT Jan 2020 #25

+100. nt dware Jan 2020 #3

K&R highplainsdem Jan 2020 #4

Probably more like a 200 seat majority ... PBC_Democrat Jan 2020 #5

Why am I not surprised so many DUers are opposed to someone pulling the party leftward? LonePirate Jan 2020 #6

Besides the above mentioned..here's why Thekaspervote Jan 2020 #9

+1 LongtimeAZDem Jan 2020 #12

This is Democratic Underground, not Moderates Underground. Hard to know that from your post. LonePirate Jan 2020 #17

More than half of Democrats self-ID as moderate or conservative. TwilightZone Jan 2020 #20

Thekaspervote was not saying that you have to be a Moderate to be a Democrat... Sloumeau Jan 2020 #23

Thank you!! Thekaspervote Jan 2020 #79

You are very welcome. :) eom Sloumeau Jan 2020 #81

Moderate Democrats are Democrats. It is not Progressive Underground either. nt hack89 Jan 2020 #24

but the question was answered stopdiggin Jan 2020 #82

That is, unfortunately, true Bradical79 Jan 2020 #53

She's not going to pull the party leftward if she alienates everyone first. TwilightZone Jan 2020 #11

I say we just wander around in circles. Scurrilous Jan 2020 #13

That's boring The Mouth Jan 2020 #29

Good one. Scurrilous Jan 2020 #32

We're not; we're lifelong liberals who are opposed to being called "center-conservative" LongtimeAZDem Jan 2020 #14

If you hate being called center-conservative, then stop supporting those types of candidates. LonePirate Jan 2020 #16

Yeah, right: LongtimeAZDem Jan 2020 #18

Let me offer up a different source with a much greater distinction between them. LonePirate Jan 2020 #21

Political Compass doesn't apply very well to American politics. TwilightZone Jan 2020 #22

Beat me to it LongtimeAZDem Jan 2020 #33

They ran a true left pol in UK and now they have conservative rule...same is happening throughout Demsrule86 Jan 2020 #39

I know I am totally convinced by graphics with no source material. nt Gore1FL Jan 2020 #48

You're not familiar with ontheissues.org? Seriously? LongtimeAZDem Jan 2020 #59

And I am still not. Gore1FL Jan 2020 #60

Whatever LongtimeAZDem Jan 2020 #62

This message was self-deleted by its author TwilightZone Jan 2020 #19

Everyone right of sanders and warren squirecam Jan 2020 #28

left? or right? stopdiggin Jan 2020 #83

Right squirecam Jan 2020 #85

Joe Biden is not a centrist nor is he conservative. So you should seriously stop. Demsrule86 Jan 2020 #38

Biden is indeed a centrist. And we live in a time needing bold, new solutions, not centrist ones. LonePirate Jan 2020 #41

He is not a centrist period. He is a lifelong progressive and I for one am sick of some calling Demsrule86 Jan 2020 #75

Maybe because Democrats are, as a group, more moderate than.... Happy Hoosier Jan 2020 #26

The place has changed a lot. redqueen Jan 2020 #30

Many have their own perception of what is moderate and liberal. LiberalFighter Jan 2020 #36

Perhaps some of use view winning elections as more important than pulling the party leftward in Demsrule86 Jan 2020 #37

Some of us view any candidate as being able to win instead of only candidates closest to the right. LonePirate Jan 2020 #40

The "Get Out we don't need you! and "How could you leave us, we needed you?" is in full force. Gore1FL Jan 2020 #44

LOL. Liberal Democrats are much further from the populist right than are those on the populist left, The Valley Below Jan 2020 #45

I have seen no evidence of that. Biden's views can be translated into policy...hers won't be. the Demsrule86 Jan 2020 #76

Easy. The Democratic Party is a liberal party and not a socialist party. The Valley Below Jan 2020 #43

It's more the 1970s GOP than it is liberal. Gore1FL Jan 2020 #46

Stop smearing the Democratic Party. The Valley Below Jan 2020 #47

I'm not. Gore1FL Jan 2020 #50

Baloney. The Valley Below Jan 2020 #51

I'd like to continue this mesmerizing line of argument. Gore1FL Jan 2020 #52

Let's hope. The Valley Below Jan 2020 #54

And pretending people are to score points is too. Gore1FL Jan 2020 #57

The part where you triple down on the smears of the Democratic Party. The Valley Below Jan 2020 #58

This whole "Bye" thing is really giving you trouble. Gore1FL Jan 2020 #61

Yet you keep responding to my posts. LOL. The Valley Below Jan 2020 #63

I've been a loyal Democrat since I first voted in 1984. Gore1FL Jan 2020 #64

And yet another slam on the party. 1984 was NOT the last time we had a candidate who ran against The Valley Below Jan 2020 #65

Really? Gore1FL Jan 2020 #66

Liberalism isn't measure by marginal tax rates, or The Valley Below Jan 2020 #67

So you don't have an example. Gore1FL Jan 2020 #69

I'm not playing your game. The Valley Below Jan 2020 #70

"my game" of backing up statements with links? I'm sorry you can't back up post 65. Gore1FL Jan 2020 #71

Your "game" seems to be attacking every Democrat since 1984 as Republicans. The Valley Below Jan 2020 #72

No. If you read my posts there was no attacking. Gore1FL Jan 2020 #73

Baloney. You keep saying that the Democratic Party "is more the 1970s GOP than it is liberal." The Valley Below Jan 2020 #74

I made the claim. I produced evidence. Gore1FL Jan 2020 #77

Stop accusing every Democrat since 1984 of being like Republicans. The Valley Below Jan 2020 #84

Perhaps you are too busy attacking me to read my posts or to document your assertions. Gore1FL Jan 2020 #86

You are the person who keeps comparing today's Democrats to Nixon-era Republicans and The Valley Below Jan 2020 #87

No. I said not one nominee since Mondale actively campaigned against Reaganomics. Gore1FL Jan 2020 #88

No, you said The Democratic Party is "more the 1970s GOP than it is liberal." The Valley Below Jan 2020 #89

The Democratic and Republican parties have both moved to the right in my lifetime. Gore1FL Jan 2020 #90

The Democratic party has NOT MOVED to the right. The Valley Below Jan 2020 #91

Please refrain from attacks and provide backup for your arguments. Gore1FL Jan 2020 #92

I don't know, why don't you tell us? BannonsLiver Jan 2020 #49

Here are links that support this idea in general... Sloumeau Jan 2020 #7

She is like BS it is all about her, nobody else matters. redstatebluegirl Jan 2020 #8

That's an outright lie Bradical79 Jan 2020 #56

Purity is all that matters to them madville Jan 2020 #15

Indeed!! Nose meet face... please don't bite me off!! Thekaspervote Jan 2020 #80

And while she rails about "billionaire" big donations to other candidates, she accepts them herself. George II Jan 2020 #27

This message was self-deleted by its author redqueen Jan 2020 #31

That's what I've been saying. Cha Jan 2020 #34

Which was one key point in the Speaker's careful decisions regarding impeachment. LiberalFighter Jan 2020 #35

Define moderate Gore1FL Jan 2020 #42

It's all relative to time and place. David__77 Jan 2020 #68

That's HER indictment of us: We should throw them all back, Hortensis Jan 2020 #55

That's how we dems win elections. Let's not deviate. demosincebirth Jan 2020 #78

Yeah, check it out. Cha Jan 2020 #93