I really feel like more people need to constructively engage with this! You can think the moderation/centrism discourse is often braindead (as I do!) but the center left really needs a pretty robust convo about what winning, say, an Iowa or Kansas or Texas or Ohio senate seat would look like.
It’s because of the senate map
I truly believe most people don't care about your positions as much as they care about strength and conviction. Democrats think we need to moderate but a strong progressive who didn't back down from their values would have a better chance anywhere than some milquetoast poll-chaser.
May 13, 2025 23:43Yep! Hell Andy Beshear is gov of a red state and not anybody’s idea of a far left progressive, but he has more conviction and true morals than Newsom by far. He fights harder for trans rights, yet most Americans would say Newsom is to the left of Beshear. Moderate coded but progressive leaning
