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So I waited until the dust settled after the TN election to suggest this, but.... [View all] senseandsensibility Dec 4 OP

Im pretty sure Boo1 Dec 4 #1

Wow. senseandsensibility Dec 4 #4

I agree LetMyPeopleVote Dec 4 #28

Agree and its the same with Tennessee aeromanKC Dec 4 #2

I actually confused TN with KY in my OP at first senseandsensibility Dec 4 #6

Everyone makes mistakes MustLoveBeagles Dec 4 #42

Thanks senseandsensibility Dec 4 #50

It was Tennessee and she won a primary against 3 other Democrats Just_Vote_Dem Dec 4 #3

Fixed it senseandsensibility Dec 4 #7

Good! n/t Just_Vote_Dem Dec 4 #8

Progressive Democrats should definetly run ... PBC_Democrat Dec 4 #37

Gillum didn't lose because he was a progressive. carpetbagger Dec 4 #54

Aftyn Behn won 78.8% of the Nashville vote on Tuesday. Tanuki Dec 4 #59

I agree that Graham would have beaten DeathSantis LetMyPeopleVote Dec 4 #69

That narrative is what gets me in trouble with Democrats. gab13by13 Dec 4 #5

I'm personally for the most liberal candidate in almost all situations senseandsensibility Dec 4 #10

Give me one example where the DNC said gab13by13 Dec 4 #16

I'm guessing that there are Bettie Dec 4 #31

I don't really care what the DNC thinks senseandsensibility Dec 4 #32

i saw them tank a progressive for a moderate. they lost. we got roscum. mopinko Dec 4 #65

I'm with you gab Docreed2003 Dec 4 #48

I kind of doubt it. yardwork Dec 4 #9

Yes, I agree that the more progressive senseandsensibility Dec 4 #11

I think that's what we need. yardwork Dec 4 #13

Agree 👍 anciano Dec 4 #12

Wresting power from the Republican party Alsteen Dec 4 #14

No n/t leftstreet Dec 4 #15

You just said what I was trying to say. gab13by13 Dec 4 #18

NO... 2naSalit Dec 4 #17

So a candidate that ran a Bernie type campaign Emile Dec 4 #19

My whole OP was a question senseandsensibility Dec 4 #20

You should ask Jason Kanew n/t leftstreet Dec 4 #21

Passive aggressives use questions to push a point. Bobstandard Dec 4 #62

So you're calling me passive aggressive without actually doing so? senseandsensibility Dec 4 #64

Thicker skin. Shorter fuse. Bobstandard Dec 4 #66

I think you answered your own question.... getagrip_already Dec 4 #26

I'm sorry, but the only ones doing a purity test Emile Dec 4 #30

how so? getagrip_already Dec 4 #40

So the only ones that do purity tests are progressives. Emile Dec 4 #49

Still dont get it getagrip_already Dec 6 #88

I get it just fine thank you. Emile Dec 6 #89

Who said that? getagrip_already Dec 6 #93

Bookmarking Emile Dec 6 #94

There is no argument to follow, so you got it right. Nixie Dec 6 #90

She won the primary. returnee Dec 4 #34

that is very true, but a primary, especially in a special, is a very progressive race... getagrip_already Dec 4 #38

Probably correct. It's hard to make predictions based upon a special election with significantly lower turnout Silent Type Dec 4 #22

Probably not. It wasn't a winnable district Jose Garcia Dec 4 #23

Good question: Aftyn Behn would have done better or won, Ars Longa Dec 4 #24

I didn't hear about the country music thing until the day after the election senseandsensibility Dec 4 #27

I love country music. returnee Dec 4 #35

Old country was OK- Modern "Bro Country" sounds like has been Ars Longa Dec 4 #43

Yes, give me Willie and Waylon and Johnny Cash and Dolly senseandsensibility Dec 4 #47

I go back to Appalachian folk ballads and fiddle tunes... returnee Dec 4 #72

Merle Haggard? Liberal? returnee Dec 4 #73

By "these days" I take it you mean the last quarter century? johnp3907 Dec 4 #84

I really doubt it mvd Dec 4 #25

Republican-lite always loses to a real Republican Fiendish Thingy Dec 4 #29

Harry Truman Emile Dec 4 #63

Exactly correct Deminpenn Dec 4 #67

Seems a bit irrelevant... EarlG Dec 4 #33

You nailed it MustLoveBeagles Dec 4 #45

It's true that rehashing would have been could have been scenarios senseandsensibility Dec 4 #53

"...old markodochartaigh Dec 4 #57

Plenty of red state moderate incumbents have lost to MAGA Republicans over the years IronLionZion Dec 4 #36

What are the actual examples of progressive winning in deep red states? RoeVWade Dec 4 #39

Was the lack of voter turnout an issue? czarjak Dec 4 #41

No. They said the same things about the moderate dem candidates here. 2 Meow Momma Dec 4 #44

No...absolutely not Docreed2003 Dec 4 #46

This +1 Emile Dec 4 #52

Her message was very mainstream. Bluetus Dec 4 #60

I never said that she was "too progressive" Docreed2003 Dec 4 #71

My apologies. You are correct. I replied to the wrong post Bluetus Dec 4 #78

It didn't help that she was female. Beshear is liberal, but he is a white man and he wins everywhere in KY Wanderlust988 Dec 4 #51

Sadly, I'm sure that was a factor. senseandsensibility Dec 4 #56

It was highly highly unlikely that we were going to win it ibegurpard Dec 4 #55

No. Nashville/Davidson County's rock solid Democratic congressional district Tanuki Dec 4 #58

Thanks senseandsensibility Dec 4 #61

The election in a deep red district, and the outcome, is scaring the hell out of the white supremacy Tr**plicans. NNadir Dec 4 #68

We've been running to the center for 45 years. Gore1FL Dec 4 #70

There have been many moderate southern Dems over the past few decades. Wanderlust988 Dec 4 #74

Never heard of Jasmine Crockett? Emile Dec 4 #77

She's in a very Democratic district Wanderlust988 Dec 4 #81

Used to be a very democratic district. Emile Dec 4 #82

I want what you are smoking. Even Jasmine knows this and will likely run for the Senate Wanderlust988 Dec 4 #85

Keep your personal judgement against fellow duers, Emile Dec 5 #87

You are right. Everyone knows that red districts are different Nixie Dec 6 #91

Maybe we should try; I remember similar arguments regarding what was possible in 2008. Gore1FL Dec 4 #83

Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock won in Georgia...but they are male Wanderlust988 Dec 4 #75

No matter how 'moderate' the candidate is, the GQP will label them "socialist communist fascist radical left Jack Valentino Dec 4 #76

Done better perhaps, but not won Justice Brandeis Dec 4 #79

There are different meanings of "progressive" and "moderate". MervinFerd Dec 4 #80

What does "moderate" even mean in this context? Crunchy Frog Dec 4 #86

Elections are more complicated than progressive vs moderate karynnj Dec 6 #92