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.... ...the dislike of moderate Democrats candidates and their supporters by some of those on the far left is almost palatable.
Sometimes it seems like in their minds, those like myself who are more moderately progressive are considered to members of the enemy camp along with the worst conservatives. Their favorite derogatory term for us seems to be “corporate democrats” though given my personal belief system they couldn’t be more off base. The apparently also hate compromises because they call any solution to a problem which could possibly pass through Congress during the best of times as totally inadequate “baby steps”. ....
If you are one of those people please be advised, we moderate Democrats are not your enemies. We are friends; we are your best potential allies. In fact we are the only allies you have and without us your agenda will go absolutely nowhere. There is a simple reason for this. You make up only a small portion of this nation’s voting population, and just as importantly, there are more us (moderate Democrats) than there are of you. You may be louder, and you may be more passionate, and you may contribute more money to your candidates than we do, but you don’t out number us. Regardless of how passionate you are, you have only one vote apiece and we all vote as well.
Everyone needs to understand that the Democrats took control of the House of Representatives in the 2018 elections only because many moderate Democrats beat Republicans, often incumbent Republicans, in purple districts. There are now as many moderate Democrats in Congress as progressives. Those moderate Democrats have to get themselves reelected in 2020 if we are to maintain control of the House and they are not going to get reelected by advocating the big bold progressive plans like Medicare for All or the Green New Deal in their purple districts. Odds are against Democrats assuming control of the Senate in 2020, but if we do it certainly won’t be because our Senate candidates advocated for such proposals in their purple and red states. ....
And one last thing – and this is advice for the supporters of all Democratic candidates: I know that many of you want to support your favorite candidates for the nomination in any way possible. However, do yourself and your favorite candidate a favor – don’t try to do so by posting negative comments about other Democratic candidates on social media. Chances are you are not going to change anyone’s mind, but I can almost guarantee that you are going to royally tick of the supporters of the candidates you attack. Not only will those supporters be far less likely to come around to supporting your candidate should theirs fall by the wayside during the nomination process, they are also be far less likely to enthusiastically support your candidate should he/she win the nomination. ....
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