I see people arguing that now after the “blue wave” the Democratic Party should go all the way to the left, with centrism being “bullshit” or implied to be the lazy / unambitious thing.
That reeks of retribution and although I understand the motivation I think it would make things worse. It’s the easiest way to make the far right stronger, and I actually think that it is the lazy thing to do.
Attempting centrism in the face of hyper-partisanship is the real revolution.
@Philip (preamble that I think we, non-Americans, pay way too much attention to their politics and it makes our politics worse but:)
I feel like this is basically the appeal of Carney -- a Liberal that fiscal Conservatives in Canada can reasonably vote for.
It feels disappointing compared to a more progressive leader, but we had an outwardly progressive PM for years and it's clear a segment of the population really hated him.