There's already a progressive party. It's called the Green Party. Another one is the Peace & Freedom Party.
Also, aside from Lynch having a more mixed, anti-choice record prior to the Dobbs decision, he actually is far from being a DINO. In fact, he fought for accountability towards the Iraq War and even supported investigating President Bush about lying about the war.
There's already a progressive party. It's called the Green Party. Another one is the Peace & Freedom Party.
Also, aside from Lynch having a more mixed, anti-choice record prior to the Dobbs decision, he actually is far from being a DINO. In fact, he fought for accountability towards the Iraq War and even supported investigating President Bush about lying about the war.
MA-08 voted for Harris 62-35 and Warren 60-40 in 2024. In 2022 it was Healey 64-35. In 2020 it was Biden 67-31, Markey 67-33. The district covers south Boston and major suburbs south of the city like Quincy. It's a D+15 district and in fact the third bluest in the state of Massachusetts, a state well known for how deeply and reliably democratic it votes.
Lynch winning that district is so fundamentally unremarkable that bringing it up calls the whole argument that it's made in support of into doubt. Are we going to brag about how Nancy Pelosi is a democrat that "WINS elections" because she got reelected in San Francisco?
Daily Kos has a rule against third party advocacy; doesn't the Downballot as well?
Anyhow, there are a number of things we can do to try to push Dems to the left (though we should be careful about where we choose to do it.) Calling for a new "Progressive" third party is just stupid, as it would almost ensure a lot of Republican wins in states and districts where a majority of voters don't want that.
I donтАЩt think pushing Democrats to take more action than they already are against Trump is exactly moving to the left. ThatтАЩs like saying Liz Cheney is a liberal for fighting against Trump even though sheтАЩs a staunch neocon like her father.
Besides, Andrew Yang has already been failing in trying to elect politicians in his Forward party which he argues represents the тАЬradical middle.тАЭ It takes no genius to figure out that the тАЬForwardтАЭ brand name was actually ObamaтАЩs re-election catch phrase.
Back in 2020, Yang originally lent his support to the lesser known but more liberal Democratic Senate Candidate in the KY-SEN primary race, Charles Booker.
Then later after he lost the NYC Mayoral Race to Eric Adams in 2023 he says he was trying to get more centrists in the Democratic Party and apparently being unsuccessful at doing so led him to start the Forward Party.
FAIL. The Democratic Party ALWAYS has centrists and moderates. When have we never had plenty of them?
There's already a progressive party. It's called the Green Party. Another one is the Peace & Freedom Party.
Also, aside from Lynch having a more mixed, anti-choice record prior to the Dobbs decision, he actually is far from being a DINO. In fact, he fought for accountability towards the Iraq War and even supported investigating President Bush about lying about the war.
Lynch is a Democrat that WINS elections; full stop
Lynch also happens to represent a D+15 Congressional District in a state that is deep blue.
I'm far more concerned about unseating Republicans than I am with Lynch at this point.
MA-08 voted for Harris 62-35 and Warren 60-40 in 2024. In 2022 it was Healey 64-35. In 2020 it was Biden 67-31, Markey 67-33. The district covers south Boston and major suburbs south of the city like Quincy. It's a D+15 district and in fact the third bluest in the state of Massachusetts, a state well known for how deeply and reliably democratic it votes.
Lynch winning that district is so fundamentally unremarkable that bringing it up calls the whole argument that it's made in support of into doubt. Are we going to brag about how Nancy Pelosi is a democrat that "WINS elections" because she got reelected in San Francisco?
Daily Kos has a rule against third party advocacy; doesn't the Downballot as well?
Anyhow, there are a number of things we can do to try to push Dems to the left (though we should be careful about where we choose to do it.) Calling for a new "Progressive" third party is just stupid, as it would almost ensure a lot of Republican wins in states and districts where a majority of voters don't want that.
I donтАЩt think pushing Democrats to take more action than they already are against Trump is exactly moving to the left. ThatтАЩs like saying Liz Cheney is a liberal for fighting against Trump even though sheтАЩs a staunch neocon like her father.
Besides, Andrew Yang has already been failing in trying to elect politicians in his Forward party which he argues represents the тАЬradical middle.тАЭ It takes no genius to figure out that the тАЬForwardтАЭ brand name was actually ObamaтАЩs re-election catch phrase.
I forgot about the Forward Party's existence until just now, which just goes to show how much impact he's making.
Back in 2020, Yang originally lent his support to the lesser known but more liberal Democratic Senate Candidate in the KY-SEN primary race, Charles Booker.
Then later after he lost the NYC Mayoral Race to Eric Adams in 2023 he says he was trying to get more centrists in the Democratic Party and apparently being unsuccessful at doing so led him to start the Forward Party.
FAIL. The Democratic Party ALWAYS has centrists and moderates. When have we never had plenty of them?
The U.S. Green Party is basically a foreign OP; it's not a legitimate political organization.