As the Democratic convention opens, the center-left holds more power, but liberals have energy and will demand a bigger voice if Biden wins. If he loses, the warfare will be even more intense.
, which included former secretary of state John F. Kerry, an establishment Brahmin and close friend of Biden, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , the star of the party’s insurgent wing.this year have put together the most liberal platform in the party’s history, including ideas that were advanced by Sanders in his 2016 campaign but rejected then by many in the party’s center-left cohort.
Emanuel argued that Democrats have now have an opportunity to expand their coalition by attracting onetime Republicans disillusioned by their own party, but not if Democrats move too far to the left.“I think progressives are going to fight like hell to get a Democratic president and a Democratic Congress and then we’re going to fight like hell to get big, bold policies passed,” said strategist Rebecca Katz.
Even if Medicare-for-all lacks necessary support in Congress, Biden would need to be mindful of those sentiments as he confronts a health-care system whose inequities have been exposed by the coronavirus pandemic. Articulating that aspirational sentiment, Reggie Hubbard, congressional liaison and senior strategist for MoveOn, said, “We need bold solutions here. There’s no piecemeal compromise to fixing health care right now. There’s no piecemeal for economic insecurity. . . . People are just going to push more to the left.”
“Will Democratic centrist forces that are often too cozy with big ag and the big banks be at the central table?” he asked. “Are they going to be there with folks from social movements in a real way? Who’s going to be at the table when decisions get made?” With considerable focus on Black voters, one important constituency, Latinos, often feels left to the side. During the primaries, Sanders, especially younger ones, in part because he paid attention to them.
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