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Why do Democrat Congressional members in deep blue districts seem to lack the part of the brain that grasps that they can only garner power if, with every action, they take into account their Democratic colleagues in purple and red districts?

I do not think it's realistic to expect Dems in deep blue districts to behave like swing members. If I look at other countries, Britain has no primaries, while Israel doesn't have districts at all, and yet both have fringe members doing counter-productive things. Fringers gonna fringe.

Of course it would be nice if they were more constructive. But hoping progressives all become like Matt Yglesias or Jon Tester or Joe Manchin is not a realistic path back to power. The centrists, who continue to hold almost all the formal positions of power in the party, need to do better with the party they've got.

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"behave like swing members" is a straw man. I am asking why they don't take the median voter in the median district into account with their actions because being in a minority party means you lose on all your issues.

You're just asserting that they're not trying to help with median voters. You don't know that and I don't think it's true. I think it's more likely, like everyone, they're considering a variety of options and making a decision they know is not perfect but is preferable to the alternatives.

I am not "just asserting". I am taking the word of Democrats who have won in swing districts like Jared Golden or Conor Lamb. Look how the left treated Manchin, a gift to Democrats. An article like this is one of

many on the subject. washingtonpost.com/poli…

It is entirely predictable to see friction between people representing drastically different constituents. If a Rep from the Bronx performatively pandered to WV too much, they'd get primaried by someone running on "I'll put the Bronx first". To some extent that's how AOC won her first primary, except she was accusing her opponent of being overly focused on DC, not WV.

So those signs were helpful to win primaries in their home districts?

I've no idea. I'm not saying progressives are perfect or even helpful. I just don't think they are Dems' path to salvation, the mainstream of the party is, and it needs to do more than just complain about progressives all the time.

Republicans have tons of liabilities on their benches. Matt Gaetz, MTG, Roy Moore, Steve King, Rick Scott, the porn guy from North Carolina, on and on it goes. They somehow manage to win anyway. Dems need to try to do the same.

Case in point. Was Elissa Slotkin's speec…