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One reason the House Democrats are what they are is that campaigning is expensive, and the candidate with the most money is able to reach voters in blue districts and explain how progressive they are. Often they're not actually the most progressive, but voters don't know that./1
Breaking that pattern is essential to creating an actually progressive House Dem majority. The pattern was broken in the @MondaireJones primary, and that was partly thanks to the CPC spending big money there, launching an IE for the first time ever.
They're doing it again...
They're doing it again...
In WA-10, there are 3 viable candidates, but only 1 actual progressive. In the past, the progressive loses that race, and Dems send to Congress somebody, for instance, who worked with the chamber of commerce to try to oust the progressive/socialist majority on the Seattle council
This time @BernieSanders, @ewarren, @RepKatiePorter, @RepRaskin and others have all endorsed @BethDoglio in the race. And the CPC's IE just dropped about $150k in TV ads. Story here on how this could change the dynamic in the House https://theintercept.com/2020/07/23/congressional-progressive-caucus-primary-beth-doglio-washington/
This, from @PramilaJayapal, for instance, is just not the kind of contrasting that Dem voters are used to hearing in primaries
Anyhow, read the whole story, it's an interesting dynamic. W/ @aidachavez https://theintercept.com/2020/07/23/congressional-progressive-caucus-primary-beth-doglio-washington/
This Seattle Times endorsement tells you everything you need to know about how this dynamic unfolds.
Here's the local paper of record telling liberals that the best choice is the woman who fought a $15 wage & led the campaign on behalf of Amazon to try to flip the city council!
Here's the local paper of record telling liberals that the best choice is the woman who fought a $15 wage & led the campaign on behalf of Amazon to try to flip the city council!
So if that's all you know, and you're a good progressive, hey, she seems great, plus we need more Black representation in Congress, so it's a win-win. But with progressives being able to fund an actual opposition campaign, that's not all voters know. https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/editorials/the-times-recommends-marilyn-strickland-for-the-10th-congressional-district/
The Warren endorsement in the piece was news https://twitter.com/BethDoglio/status/1286334245850320896
