Biden and Bloomberg On Boris Johnson Victory: “I told you so.”
Establishment Democrats continue to chasten idealistic party hopefuls about going too far left. Are they right?
“This is no time for small ideas,” says Sen. Elizabeth Warren. She may be right.
First positioned as a young, idealistic progressive, Mayor Pete Buttigieg and his campaign team obviously saw more opportunity in the moderate ground so shakily cornered by former Vice President Joe Biden.
Buttigieg’s recent pivot to the middle has lost him many friends and admirers on the left. Many more potential supporters were lost by his clumsy missteps courting the African-American vote and his past professional life consulting for McKinsey. Buttigieg is currently under heavy friendly fire for his “Audacity of Nope” play for the middle ground.
That doesn’t make Buttigieg wrong about the middle ground.
In the House, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats obviously see something to working with President Donald Trump with one hand and impeaching him as an enemy of the constitution with the other.
Is it polling? Concern about moderate seats and swing districts?
Plain, old-fashioned obfuscation?