I think the Right did us a service calling Obama a socialist for eight years. It inoculated us.
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The power of Bernie Sanders was not only in his email list. The centers of power were local groups that formed on Facebook and Reddit.
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I am talking about the radical conservatives in the Democratic Party. That's who we need to counter. It's the same across any number of issues - pay-as-you-go, free college, 'Medicare for all.' These are all enormously popular in the party, but they don't pass because of the radical conservatives who are holding the party hostage.
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Progressives think the way to win is mobilizing and convince people to vote for something.
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You have to decide to create the society you want to create, and that's done through politics.
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Not taking corporate money is a core part of the progressive message.
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Having presidential candidates say they are supportive of the concept of doing something like the Green New Deal is amazing, but it's not sufficient.
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The reality is, our problem isn't that more people are voting Republican than Democrat - our problem is most people who would vote Democrat aren't voting.
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We think climate change is important enough to get its own select committee. It would be in addition to the Energy and Commerce Committee's jurisdiction.
