Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has endorsed President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign, a sign of the president’s strength in uniting his party to have the backing of one of its most liberal members

Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has endorsed President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign, a sign of the president’s strength in uniting his party to have the backing of one of its most liberal members

  • Zaktor@lemmy.worldEnglish
    33·
    1 year ago

    Ted Kennedy, champion of the moderates, is very much not a self-obvious implication.

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      I explicitly said the problem was the party leaders allowing a primary.

      That was “moderate” party leaders trying to sabotage a progressive at any cost.

      That fucked America up reeeeeeeally badly. But the people who decided to do it got what they wanted: an excuse to tell voters that progressives can’t win.

      Sink two progressives in one blow, and hope you get a moderate in 4 years.

      If Carter did 8, Kennedy would have likely been president next, maybe for another 8 years. Moderates were losing the party. Having a republican beat a weakened Carter let them tell voters that the party had to move right and that progressives couldn’t win.

      • BarqsHasBite@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        1 year ago

        In Canada the leader of the party is basically the PM (Prime Minister) candidate. One and the same.

        So reading those words would mean that the PM, who is the party leader, would have had to allow a challenger. (which isn’t how it works here, but anyway.)