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DinahMoeHum

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19. Heavy lesson learned here: You can't play your allies like adversaries. . .
Mon Mar 30, 2020, 12:39 PM
Mar 2020

. . .potential and otherwise.

Also, not every district is like AOC's, most especially not those in the purple/red states.

The "Berners" should have learned from 2018, when voters in the battleground districts chose relatively moderate candidates over the "Justice Democrats/Our Revolution" types in the primaries and then went on to pulverize the GOP incumbents and win back the House.

AOC's a quick study, thank goodness.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
She is learning how the game is played... nycbos Mar 2020 #1
After threatening to block the Aid bill True Blue American Mar 2020 #2
In less than two years she's figured out what Bernie never has. Bleacher Creature Mar 2020 #3
AOC's Transition Started When She Risked Being Isolated In Congress Unless She Got Right With Pelosi Indykatie Mar 2020 #5
Yep. I think her work with Senator Markey helped as well. Bleacher Creature Mar 2020 #10
The breaking point seemed to be when her former COS attacked Sharice Davids. RandySF Mar 2020 #11
She also hit a point when Sanders embraced the endorsement of Joe Rogan. ehrnst Mar 2020 #21
You gotta learn to walk before you run. Butterflylady Mar 2020 #27
I Am Rather Fond Of Her, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2020 #4
She is learning that you can't just run over people and get what you want. redstatebluegirl Mar 2020 #6
It's NOT a break with the activist left tho -- I can't imagine she Hortensis Mar 2020 #7
Exactly, Ma'am The Magistrate Mar 2020 #9
Maybe she is realizing that after the idiot leaves we won't have any money left for GemDigger Mar 2020 #13
The goals and metrics for effectiveness are very different in activists and politicians. ehrnst Mar 2020 #22
So AOC wants to have a productive future in congress comradebillyboy Mar 2020 #8
She's starting to figure out how to do effective politics, The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #12
Good for her. She's learning early that you don't get anywhere by pissing off BOTH sides. George II Mar 2020 #14
I'm not interested her beyond.. LakeArenal Mar 2020 #15
Not yet but Dem4Life1102 Mar 2020 #23
Yeah that's what Bernie said. LakeArenal Mar 2020 #24
I absolutely believe AOC, but not Bernie. nt Celerity Mar 2020 #26
It won't be the bombthrowers who are successful here.... Happy Hoosier Mar 2020 #16
Good to read this peggysue2 Mar 2020 #17
To be fair Algernon Moncrieff Mar 2020 #18
Heavy lesson learned here: You can't play your allies like adversaries. . . DinahMoeHum Mar 2020 #19
This is why I always had hope for AOC though going Sanders was a huge mistake and cost us Warren imo LizBeth Mar 2020 #20
This will be fun to watch Gothmog Mar 2020 #25
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