General Discussion

Once in Congress - there are many reasons why people do things, etc. If the media and others are going to talk about Spanberger as a way to campaign going forward - I am interested to know how she campaigned that wasn't on the same policies that progressives would run on. My point is that media may fall into the "moderate" is the way to win elections as opposed to the "progressive" is the way to win elections. Or Mamdani could only win in NYC and Spanberger wouldn't win in NYC yada yada yada. It's a waste of time.

We WON these elections - not simply because Trump is destroying the country - although that has much to do with it. But I'd also like to think we WON so many places because the policies that were run on were affordability and compassion and justice. That's not progressive and that's not moderate. It's Democratic. And not equivocating. And speaking plainly. And running with optimism. And vision. That's a winning strategy. And we do not win when we run on "moderation".