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[H2O Man]

21. Thank you for this.

I really appreciate the thought you put into this.

I am a progressive Democrat, at the left edge of the party. I've self-identified that way for many decades. And, as time has passed, although I'd like to think that some of those rough edges from my youthful days have worn away, I find that the party in general has shifted rather significantly to the right, and so others identify me as a "leftist" -- as if that were a bad thing.

Randy Bryce is, in my opinion, an ideal candidate to support. I prefer to invest my time, energy, and money in individual candidates such as him, rather than investing in the DNC. I understand that there are regions where, in order to obtain a majority in both the House and Senate, our party will need to run a variety of candidates -- progressives, liberals, moderates, and conservative Democrats. And some of those will not be remarkably different than moderate republicans, as we have already seen.

Our party needs candidates that advocate for our values. Such candidates create interest, rather than the business-as-usual types that have resulted in a huge amount of loses, in DC and in state government. Yet, the excitement such candidates generate tends to be met with resistance from the establishment. They always have, and always will. As a party, we can either use such tension creatively, or it will be destructive. And that is far more important than the reactions of the republicans. It's up to us.