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Mark's avatar

We're certainly not winning the Senate back again with only progressives. I could have ended that sentence without the last three words and it would be just as true for the foreseeable future.

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Zero Cool's avatar

That's a fair assessment of things.

Also, what may be considered "progressive" differs in states depending on the appeal of the Democratic Candidates. Senator-Elect Ruben Gallego won the AZ-SEN race and happens to have a staunchly progressive voting record while being an Army veteran and a Latino with a real understanding of the bread and butter issues.

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CuriousReader4456's avatar

Gallego also moderated a lot for his run including getting an endorsement from a police union. And was helped by the biggest asset for AZ dems Lake.

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Zero Cool's avatar

Yeah, and it helped Gallego that he was blunt and didnтАЩt sugar coat things. HeтАЩs honest be truthful with his difficult life as a Latino and plenty of Latinos connected with him in that sense.

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ArcticStones's avatar

There is a huge difference between progressive on economic issues and being a culture-war progressive. Middle America has a lot less tolerance for the latter.

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