The new liberal energy in the House is coming from candidates, including Ocasio-Cortez, who captured districts that generally favor Democrats. Some party strategists say liberal activists must recognize that their message would not work in more conservative areas.
"People would be wise to remember that, by definition, we have the House majority because people flipped seats from red to blue," said Tyler Law, a Democratic consultant who helped direct the party's communications efforts in 2018. "Seats that went from blue to blue did not deliver the majority."
That's a bit misleading.
Without staying blue, one loses the majority just as surely. Sure, not every one of those places was at risk, but some of them were not slamdunks the election before, either.
Further, especially in the case of Pressley as an example, winning the seat over a more moderate Democrat means that they need to keep who elected
them in mind - just as surely as the Tea Party candidates do for the seats they won.
You don't notice
those articles being written so much. I wonder why not!
But I agree, overall, that the Party as a whole needs to look at what its goals are.
OTOH, Ward, if the issue is saving the planet and the more 'conservative' - centrist - path is to support a bill that won't do the job, then you push for a bill that would. Wouldn't you agree that that is the more prudent approach, conceptually?!