He has those " moderate" credentials that will make him an effective lobbyist, political consultant, and panelist on CNN. He will be another in a long line of "moderates" on the TV with suggestions for the Party.

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5574900-jared-golden-democrats-shutdown-strategy/

Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) says Democrats are “lying” about their shutdown strategy as the impasse over funding the government nears the one-month mark. Golden, who was the only Democrat to vote for a Republican-backed spending measure to fund the government last month, told The Wall Street Journal that Democrats shouldn’t use the shutdown as leverage to advance their health care demands. Democrats have been urging Republicans to extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies, which are set to expire at the end of this year. Experts have said Americans’ health insurance premiums could increase if those subsidies are not extended.

But Golden argued Democrats should keep the health care issue separate from reopening the government, noting it was his own colleagues who included a sunset for the subsidies in 2022. “I’m just uncomfortable lying about the strategy to win and shutting down the government. We’ve never been the party that does that,” Golden told the Journal in an article published Sunday. The government shutdown, which began Oct. 1 after Congress failed to strike a funding deal, has sent rippling effects through Washington, D.C., and beyond. Many federal workers have been left without pay or furloughed, leaving them to rely on food banks and other services.

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Golden told the Journal that while he favors extending some subsidies, he believes Republicans’ concerns about the issue should be a “starting point” for both parties to come to the table and negotiate. Some Republicans have discussed restricting eligibility for the subsidies to a certain income level. “I’m not willing to shut down the government over health care subsidies for households making $300,000,” Golden told the Journal. “I think we have a deficit problem in this country that neither party is showing any ability or political will to address.”

It’s not the first time Golden has broken from his party. He was also the lone House Democrat who voted for a Republican-crafted spending bill to avoid a government shutdown in March. He previously supported President Trump’s tariffs and was one of the few Democrats to vote in favor of the SAVE Act, which would require proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections.

on with Republicans to support anti-Biden measures on immigration, energy policy, and the budget, as well as SAVE. He is a DINO, but am told he is only Democrat who can get elected there.

I guess we will now see. But for a few years now, he has been one of my least favorite Dems.

Jared Golden (D-Maine), Adam Gray (D-Calif.), Don Davis (D-N.C.), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-Wash.), Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.) and Henry Cuellar (D-Texas.), voted in support of the bill.

Gottheimer was the only one of my 6 least favourite House Dems to vote No, but Blue Dog Whip Adam Gray took his spot and voted Yes.

That's why I'm glad he's not running again. But he's probably going to be a problem child hereafter on the outside.

Hire on with the opposition.