I think the commentators griping about this are missing the larger message here. Harris is a career politician who represents a significantly powerful wing of the Democratic establishment. She wouldn’t have made the endorsement without their approval.
This is an olive branch to the progressive wing of the party, and it’s a sign that the Dem establishment is finally acknowledging that they’re in real trouble without embracing progressive politicians. It’s also a shot across the bow to AIPAC and Israel at large. This means that the neo-liberal wing of the party has finally realized that while they rake in tons of money from AIPAC, the GOP will always receive far, far more.
While it’s likely far too little and far too late, it does represent the first significant shift towards party unity since the last election. I’ll take the win - we need all we can get these days.
I want to have hope and say the Dems are finally shifting leftwards to where they need to be, but they’ve been such abject disappointments for decades, that I remain very skeptical and suspicious.
This could also be a ploy to entice them in and “tame” them. Most of these dems are still answer to their CEO bosses.
Also, if it went the other way, there would be gripes nonetheless: if she didn’t endorse you would have gotten “So much for vote blue no matter who” or something similar.
The outcome has been determined: El-Sayed the nominee of the Democratic party, and rather than than fracturing the party and giving the Republicans (and Trump) the win, they chose to get behind the (progressive) candidate that was elected in the primary, rather than pulling a Cuomo.
I think the commentators griping about this are missing the larger message here. Harris is a career politician who represents a significantly powerful wing of the Democratic establishment. She wouldn’t have made the endorsement without their approval.
This is an olive branch to the progressive wing of the party, and it’s a sign that the Dem establishment is finally acknowledging that they’re in real trouble without embracing progressive politicians. It’s also a shot across the bow to AIPAC and Israel at large. This means that the neo-liberal wing of the party has finally realized that while they rake in tons of money from AIPAC, the GOP will always receive far, far more.
While it’s likely far too little and far too late, it does represent the first significant shift towards party unity since the last election. I’ll take the win - we need all we can get these days.
I want to have hope and say the Dems are finally shifting leftwards to where they need to be, but they’ve been such abject disappointments for decades, that I remain very skeptical and suspicious.
This could also be a ploy to entice them in and “tame” them. Most of these dems are still answer to their CEO bosses.
Also, if it went the other way, there would be gripes nonetheless: if she didn’t endorse you would have gotten “So much for vote blue no matter who” or something similar.
The outcome has been determined: El-Sayed the nominee of the Democratic party, and rather than than fracturing the party and giving the Republicans (and Trump) the win, they chose to get behind the (progressive) candidate that was elected in the primary, rather than pulling a Cuomo.
Well said, thanks for that little bit of measured realistic optimism I needed it today.