Meet the new Democrats

[mystery-ak]

 Meet the new Democrats

An ex-Goldman Sachs executive and a fiscal conservative who voted for Bush could be nominated for governor in New Jersey and Virginia.

By Gabriel Debenedetti

06/06/2017 05:17 AM EDT

PRINCETON, N.J. — To hear some Democratic activists tell it, 2017 is supposed to mark the dawn of the party’s new era led by a younger, more aggressively progressive generation.

So why does it look like the establishment may be striking back?

In the only two governors' races of 2017, Democrats might end up nominating a longtime Goldman Sachs executive and high-level political financier in New Jersey, while in Virginia the top of the ticket could feature a former George W. Bush voter who describes himself as a fiscal conservative.

more
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/06/democrats-progressives-elections-midterms-239169

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Meet the new Democrats

An ex-Goldman Sachs executive and a fiscal conservative who voted for Bush could be nominated for governor in New Jersey and Virginia.

By Gabriel Debenedetti

06/06/2017 05:17 AM EDT

PRINCETON, N.J. — To hear some Democratic activists tell it, 2017 is supposed to mark the dawn of the party’s new era led by a younger, more aggressively progressive generation.

So why does it look like the establishment may be striking back?

In the only two governors' races of 2017, Democrats might end up nominating a longtime Goldman Sachs executive and high-level political financier in New Jersey, while in Virginia the top of the ticket could feature a former George W. Bush voter who describes himself as a fiscal conservative.

more
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/06/democrats-progressives-elections-midterms-239169

As Peter Townsend was known to say, "meet the new boss, same as the old boss..."

[Wingnut]

A lot of Democrats are taking positions that are far more progressive than they have in the past, and I think that’s a good thing. But we don’t want to cross the Rubicon where you have to be considered the left-most of the candidates to win every election. That’s a strategy for losing,"

They can't help themselves but to go full tilt left.  It's in their DNA.   

[skeeter]

They can't help themselves but to go full tilt left.  It's in their DNA.

The next sentence:

“I don’t think that this party has moved to a purity test party where we can’t elect candidates who fit the district or states they’re running again. And thank God."

How can anyone look at today's Democrat party, their campaign rhetoric, their voting record in congress, and not see it as a 'purity test party'?

[Wingnut]

The next sentence:

“I don’t think that this party has moved to a purity test party where we can’t elect candidates who fit the district or states they’re running again. And thank God."

How can anyone look at today's Democrat party, their campaign rhetoric, their voting record in congress, and not see it as a 'purity test party'?

Anyone not on crack I guess.

[To-Whose-Benefit?]

They cleaned out the room they were playing to, demonizing white, working class taxpayers.

So now they're playing to the constituency they have left.