Posted on 05/22/2024 6:15:54 PM PDT by cotton1706
If the left is going to take control of the Democratic Party, the Pacific Northwest, with its oversupply of culturally progressive, college-educated white people, is where it would happen first. It is therefore notable that voters in Oregon struck a devastating blow against the left in three elections Tuesday.
In one primary, mainstream Democrat Janelle Bynum defeated progressive favorite Jamie McLeod-Skinner to face off in a winnable purple district. In another, Representative Maxine Dexter prevailed over Susheela Jayapal in a primary in a heavily Democratic district. And most revealingly, Nathan Vasquez unseated progressive prosecutor Mike Schmidt in Portland, one of the most left-wing cities in America.
Centrists often talk about the extreme left and right in American politics as though they have equivalent influence over the two parties. And while it is true that the far left and far right have many parallel qualities in their intellectual style — conceiving every question as a pure moral binary, dismissing liberal norms, fetishizing the will to power — their ability to exert influence through elected politics is totally different.
The conservative movement took complete control of the Republican Party over the course of decades, turning moderation into an epithet among their voters. There are progressives who would like to try something similar on the left. But their efforts keep running into a brick wall with the electorate.
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How are things in Opposite Land?
There are no moderate dims.
Dem moderate definition:
One who wants the United States overthrown with Deplorables censored, canceled and put in prison work stockades, as opposed to having them slaughtered and tossed onto mass above ground graves.
Diversity.
It’s leadership. Pelosi kept her moderates in line. We don’t.
“The conservative movement took complete control of the Republican Party over the course of decades...”
That right there is mental illness, it is the only thing that explains this delusion.
Maybe two in the Senate. I wouldn't call them moderate. But rather liberal and not necessary leftist.
Moderate…uh huh…
In Congress, Bynum says she would rally behind the Democratic Party’s efforts to curb gun violence, improve housing affordability, codify abortion rights and act on climate change.
Uh huh….moderate….
Though she favors a health-care system in which government is the sole payer, Dexter said she has interim goals.
“The universal program would offer affordability, quality and reliability, combined with concurrently regulating and incentivizing the right care at the right time across all insurance plans,” she said.
A state plan to reduce greenhouse gases and combat climate change, she said, also has health benefits.
“I am a lung and critical care doctor who sees the impact of climate change and poor air quality on people’s health every day,” she said.
She also seeks expansion of family planning, pre-kindergarten, worker protections, renter assistance, research into gun violence and tighter regulations on firearms. She also favors elimination of the state mortgage-interest deduction for the top 5% of earners to raise money for subsidized housing.
I think Dexter is the one who east coast pols have given more than a million bucks to her campaign
All that is left are Republican moderates.
There is no such thing as a Democratic moderate.
The term moderate Democrat is an oxymoron.
It kind of depends on whether moderate democrat means extreme left but doesn’t cheer too loudly for Antifa and Hamas. In that case, the article isn’t too far off.
true almost 99% of Dems are lefties now, they are not liberal or progressives-they are left wing marxist
Notice how the MS does their bidding by calling them “professives” and conservatives “far right” you never hear them say the equivalent “far left”
Moderate Republicans are Democrats...
There is no such thing as a “moderate” DemocRat
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