Do you think it's making people pivot toward Mamdani as opposed to just making them more enthusiastic, though?

Raising taxes on the wealthy, free buses, city-run grocery stores; Winston-Salem, NC

Firing all of your political journalism staff is a fantastic way to celebrate, sure you'll be able to keep up the quality journalism

I'll clarify the 2nd point; he said that if Democratic primary voters chose a left-of-center candidate (i.e. Mamdani), that candidate must have "played" them rather than represent voters' real left-of-center policy preferences or dissatisfaction with centrist party leadership or positions

Had an interaction on here with someone like that a few days ago, they insisted (1) Democratic Socialists were a distinct party and not a non-party political organization, and (2) the Democratic Party has room for conservatives and liberals, but not the left, primary voters be damned

Also, it's by no means the best cover--but it's one of the most bonkers: www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9ru...

Also Frank Watkinson "On Melancholy Hill": www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OvC...

Willie Nelson & Lukas Nelson covering Eddie Vedder's "Just Breathe": www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow-C...

The LBJ comparison is very appropriate. But I maintain he didn't 'play' anyone--he joined the party, very honestly and in good faith made his case to shift the NYC party platform leftward, and has so far won approval from most NYC Dem voters.

You say 'took advantage'. I say that the US has a calcified 2 party system where a viable 3rd party is impossible; and that democratic socialists have therefore begun to come under, and make their pitch to others under, the big tent of the Democratic Party.

And you aren't a party leader like Jeffries, who has obligations to his party's candidates (save in the case of scandals or crises). You can also not endorse him and still recognize that he is a member of and candidate for the Democratic Party.

Yes, everyone listed by me and nearly everyone in that wikipedia list ran as democrats, in a primary, and many of them won those primaries and generals. Stop splitting hairs over who is and isn't a democrat. Voters define it, and their definitions can change over time and place.

AOC, Emily Gallagher, Greg Casar, Rashida Tlaib, Jamaal Bowman...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Democratic_Socialists_of_America_public_officeholders

You're splitting hairs on phrasing, and the Democratic Party's tent has included some socialists for a while now.

From the DSA website: "We are a political and activist organization, not a party". It is structured like a party in many ways, but doesn't function as one during election season except perhaps in a few select constituencies.

I never said FDR was a socialist. There is room in the party for conservatives and liberals. NYC voters said, 'and also room for democratic socialists' when Mamdani ran in the primary as a Dem. The voters decided the party's direction. This isn't the UK party system.

it's not just your party. It's the party of historically FDR and Bill Clinton; presently it includes democratic socialist candidates and their voters, and people like Henry Cuellar or Joe Fetterman. If Democratic voters as a whole move the party left, that's their decision.

Democratic socialists have positioned themselves as an organization working within the larger Democratic Party. You're acting as if the party is a fixed political position; it's not and never has been. Registered democrats chose to move the party leftward in this election, and may do so again.