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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"There Is Going to Be a War Within the Party. We Are Going to Lean Into It.'
PoliticoMaybe youve heard the warning: The country is beset by a menace. A fringe conservative minority is holding Congress hostage, extracting radical policy concessions over the will of the majority. And its leading the nation to fiscal, environmental and moral ruin.
Maybe you havent heard this part: These dangerous conservatives are Democrats.
I am talking about the radical conservatives in the Democratic Party, said Saikat Chakrabarti. Thats who we need to counter. Its the same across any number of issuespay-as-you-go, free college, Medicare for all. These are all enormously popular in the party, but they dont pass because of the radical conservatives who are holding the party hostage.
Not long ago, this would have been an outlier position even among American liberals. Today, its the organizing principle of a newly empowered segment of the Democratic Party, one with a foothold in the new Congress.
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"There Is Going to Be a War Within the Party. We Are Going to Lean Into It.' (Original Post)
brooklynite
Feb 2019
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mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)1. Oh, brother ... stfu Politico ...
stonecutter357
(12,697 posts)2. Cool Story, Bro , !
manor321
(3,344 posts)3. More anti-liberal bullshit from Politico
brooklynite
(94,728 posts)7. Are you suggesting the story isn't true, or that it's unpleasant to read?
DURHAM D
(32,611 posts)4. Two things.
1) I need a list of those Democrats that are radical conservatives.
2) Chief of Staff for a member of congress needs to stop seeking press to push his own agenda. Seems like the guy just can't let the girl (OAC) be in the lead.
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)5. I subscribe to the theory that we have become an ogliarchy.
DetlefK
(16,423 posts)6. If you don't have ideas for an article, write how the Democrats are in civil war with each other.
Politico is especially cheap in this. They attacked HRC in 2016, parroting the republican attacks for the sake of cheap clicks.