Democrats, reeling from election losses, cast blame on each other
Two weeks removed from a set of losses that sent Democratic leaders into a tailspin, the years-long ideological battle between the progressive left and centrists has once again come to a head as both sides fight to shift blame and take the reins of the future direction of the party.
With the party grappling with how to prepare for midterm elections in two years,
uncertainty about who will take over the Democratic National Committee, and expected internal debates over how to handle complete Republican control in the White House and on Capitol Hill, Democrats don’t have much time to find consensus on their path forward.
“The question is: Do you want to be the least progressive outside the house looking in the window? Or do you want to be the most progressive person at the table with the deal being cut?” said Joe Caiazzo, a Democratic strategist and former campaign staffer for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), who said progressives need to assimilate to where they stand now in a Republican-dominated Washington