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Even if Nixon does not win she is doing the next best thing. She is running so solidly left of Cuomo that he has to move to the left to cover his flank.
I want more progressive in office governing and writing policy at all levels, and I also want them pressuring the hell out of centrist and establishment Dems every chance they get. Primaries are a great place for that. Constant pressure will keep the party moving left.
Just look at healthcare, a Medicare buy-in/public option is now becoming the mainstream position in the Democratic Party, not the leftist one. Like or dislike the dude, that does not happen unless Bernie makes the idea of full single payer a serious topic of conversation.
I want more progressive in office governing and writing policy at all levels, and I also want them pressuring the hell out of centrist and establishment Dems every chance they get. Primaries are a great place for that. Constant pressure will keep the party moving left.
Just look at healthcare, a Medicare buy-in/public option is now becoming the mainstream position in the Democratic Party, not the leftist one. Like or dislike the dude, that does not happen unless Bernie makes the idea of full single payer a serious topic of conversation.