Progressive Surge Complicates Dems' Focus on Prices

My Former Colleagues Are Destroying Democratic Party

As a former Democratic operative, I worked with many of today's rising far-left candidates. What you're seeing now is only the beginning.

Progressive surge complicates Dems' focus on prices

WASHINGTON — Democrats head into November's midterm elections with potential advantages, including the unpopularity of President Donald Trump and voter anger with Republicans over high prices.

My Former Colleagues Are Destroying the Democratic Party

The democratic socialist surge of the past several weeks has stunned the nation. From left to right and everywhere in between, people are asking: How did we get here? What does it mean? And will the Democratic Party survive it? The prevailing reaction has been shock.But I wasn’t surprised.From 2018 to 2024, I was a Democratic operative, working for a slew of progressive candidates. I taught DSA-aligned staffers how to build a money machine for t…

The Democratic Party establishment is rattled by the progressive surge

I recently wrote that the wins by more progressive candidates in Democratic primary races that ousted candidates favored by the party establishment would show us whether the party would embrace this new energy and help these candidates win the general election races or whether the establishment would instead seek to hold on to its grip on party power even if it meant losing in the general election. And it appears that at least some are opting fo…