Joe Biden was just about the last Democrat that progressives wanted as the nominee, but now that he’s the one taking on Donald Trump, they’re working harder than ever to put him in office
Former staffers to Charles Booker, who came close to defeating establishment pick Amy McGrath in Kentucky’s Senate primary this year, are making plans to create a group to help put progressives in the chamber. Top “Medicare for All” activists are in talks about forming a PAC to put single-payer advocates in office and fight the policy’s enemies. A Freedom Caucus for the left is being discussed.
Mondaire Jones, the Sanders-endorsed Democrat who won the primary this year in New York’s 17th Congressional District and is expected to carry the general election, was more blunt: “In Congress, progressives must act as a voting bloc. We should be withholding our support for legislation that” they consider too watered down.
Ganapathy pointed to the fight over the Keystone oil pipeline as a place where progressives spent a ton of resources with almost no payoff under Obama. The left has to find smarter ways to achieve its goals, he said. The relative success of Sanders’ presidential campaigns masked problems within the movement, she added.
Several Democrats told POLITICO that the progressive movement needs to continue diversifying its pool of candidates in order to achieve real change, pointing to high-profile wins by the likes of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , Bowman, Jones and Bush. Progressives aren’t just setting their sights on more House seats. The near-success of Booker, a Kentucky state legislator who almost edged out a well-funded moderate in the Democratic Senate primary, was bolstered by progressive groups such as the Sunrise Movement. Ex-aides to Booker and other left-wing insurgents are in the early stages of creating an organization focused on primarying Democratic senators.
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