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DJ Synikus Makisimus

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26. Actually, this could be a shot to show that she's not mainstream.

Reply to DFB (Reply #20)

Fri Dec 6, 2024, 10:56 PM

Dec 6

Hard to say whether she can move things, or even what her thing IS these days. It is a key position, the nucleus of the vortex so to speak.

When you decide to "work within the system," that system has preset parameters for/constraints upon what is permissible and what is not. Breaking those constraints is going to be necessary to enable changes that the progressive minority within the Democratic Party appear to want.* How to do that, and what happens as result is a series of choices that she'll make, or not. That's the test. It is probably time.

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*I must admit that I'm not completely clear about what, exactly, folks calling themselves "progressive" want, specifically. With the DSA it's a lot clearer, but AOC isn't DSA-endorsed any more.

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It's voted on by members. thebigidea Dec 6 #22

Democratic caucus or entire congress? GOP won't want her, but I do! LeftInTX Dec 6 #25

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They cant stop doing this. DFB Dec 6 #20

I mean, not really. Look who's on the committee. Hardly a bunch of establishment cogs thebigidea Dec 6 #23

Actually, this could be a shot to show that she's not mainstream. DJ Synikus Makisimus Dec 6 #26

Great! She doesn't back down Bettie Dec 6 #21

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I like Nancy Pelosi's choice LetMyPeopleVote Dec 12 #32

Sure, he's young... Bettie Dec 16 #36

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