The "DC Establishment" isn't just Democrats. It's the club with Pelosi and Schumer and McConnell and Graham, where they all pretend to be bitter enemies but do act in coordinated ways to ensure their uniparty retains as much power as possible.
Trump was an outsider to that, obviously. So is DeSantis. But likewise are the Progressive democrats. Bernie was always too much of a cuck to break away and stand up for himself, but the loud "Democrats" that have infected Congress since 2016 are not so timid.
Biden was literally the best choice for the uniparty -- perhaps the only choice. Kamala is a perfect example of the political Peter Principle, and this is broadly true for all the younger 'establishment' dems like Booker and Booty-gig. It's always been about capturing the middle of the Democrat party voting bloc and extinguishing the progressives.
I think this is why there seem to be so many polls/controlled op pieces that insist the Dems are going to win despite ever-mounting evidence to the contrary. If the balance of Congress is close, maybe the Progressives remain in their tenuous alliance with the Dems -- but if Republicans resoundingly take back both houses? Civil War in the Dem party.
The "DC Establishment" isn't just Democrats. It's the club with Pelosi and Schumer and McConnell and Graham, where they all pretend to be bitter enemies but do act in coordinated ways to ensure their uniparty retains as much power as possible.
Trump was an outsider to that, obviously. So is DeSantis. But likewise are the Progressive democrats. Bernie was always too much of a cuck to break away and stand up for himself, but the loud "Democrats" that have infected Congress since 2016 are not so timid.
Biden was literally the best choice for the uniparty -- perhaps the only choice. Kamala is a perfect example of the political Peter Principle, and this is broadly true for all the younger 'establishment' dems like Booker and Booty-gig. It's always been about capturing the middle of the Democrat party voting bloc and extinguishing the progressives.
I think this is why there seem to be so many polls/controlled op pieces that insist the Dems are going to win despite ever-mounting evidence to the contrary. If the balance of Congress is close, maybe the Progressives remain in their tenuous alliance with the Dems -- but if Republicans resoundingly take back both houses? Civil War in the Dem party.