Progressives (Liberals)

Then why isn't there concerted criticism from the left? Riddle me that Batman.

DES MOINES — Pete Buttigieg continues to surge in Iowa, leapfrogging Senator Elizabeth Warren and former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. to hold a commanding lead among likely Democratic caucusgoers, according to a new poll from The Des Moines Register and CNN.

The poll showed that Mr. Buttigieg, the 37-year-old mayor of South Bend, Ind., was the first choice for 25 percent of would-be Democratic caucusgoers, a significant increase from the 9 percent he held in September, when The Register last polled the state. The support placed him far ahead of the rest of the field — with the other three top candidates in a virtual tie for second: Ms. Warren at 16 percent and Mr. Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders at 15 percent.

Ever try to herd cats?

The Democrats Are Moving Left. Will America Follow?
32 journalists, wonks, activists and politicians on the party’s dramatic turn — and what it means for 2020

hightor wrote:

Ever try to herd cats?

You don't herd cats. You lead them. If they love you, they will follow you.

With any luck at all, Republicans will continue to disregard the warning signs.

House Minority Whip Steve Scalise said on Sunday President Donald Trump doesn’t "look bad" in the wake of Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards narrow reelection victory over Trump-backed Republican businessman Eddie Rispone in Louisiana.

“What he said was he’d be made to look bad whether he came in the state or not,” Scalise said on “Fox News Sunday.” “Eddie Rispone made up a 22-point disadvantage over the last month because of President Trump’s involvement. … Clearly, President Trump’s involvement made a big difference at helping close that massive gap.”

We found unanimous condemnation in the case of Apartheid. Was that so much worse than what is going on in China?

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Hong Kong police threatened to use lethal force to arrest anyone who doesn't surrender at a nearly 24-hour standoff at a besieged university.

The ACA was also called a “path to single payer.”

Paul Begala, a Democratic strategist, argued that two factors — fund-raising demands and the effect of the social media on candidates and their staff — are turning the nomination contest into “some kind of purity game to see who can be the most leftist.” [yeah — like labeling Buttigieg and Warren(!) "Republicans"]

In the case of social media, Begala declared:

Democratic Twitter is dominated by overeducated, over-caffeinated, over-opinionated pain-in-the-ass white liberals. Every candidate, and every staffer, checks Twitter and other social media scores of times a day.

The second and more significant factor is what Begala described as the unintended consequences of “the obsession with small donors.” Democrats legitimately “want to break the stranglehold of big money,” Begala wrote, but

when the D.N.C. made accumulating small donors a centerpiece to debate eligibility among two dozen potential candidates, that’s when the unintended consequence kicked in. Small donors are often more motivated, more activist, more engaged, more ideological. In short, more leftist. They’re less likely to send in five bucks to a candidate who says, “I’m going to preserve Obamacare, maintain private insurance, and add a public option so anyone who wants to can join Medicare” — even though that’s where most Americans and most Democrats are.

Begala said he has

spoken with numerous state party officials and congressional campaigners who have traced the leftward lurch of the presidential candidates to the small donor problem. The tyranny of the small donor cannot be underestimated.

Long time ago. Old news. He's even sharper than that now. He's Jim Croce murder ballad super blue blade sharp. I'd cross the street if I were you.

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The ACA was also called a "path to single payer."

And it might have come to pass had the Democrats been able to hold onto their majority in Congress.