{"id":7158,"date":"2026-08-22T11:06:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T11:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=7158"},"modified":"2026-08-22T11:06:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T11:06:30","slug":"why-moderate-democrats-seem-like-such-a-hopeless-bunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=7158","title":{"rendered":"Why moderate Democrats seem like such a hopeless bunch"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Here\u2019s a grim sign of the times: Just 10 House Democrats so far have signed on the moderate Democratic \u201cPromise to America\u201d pledge, plus a few more House hopefuls.<\/p>\n

Read more Beware the nepo-baby Bolsheviks<\/a><\/p>\n

The duo behind the pledges, Reps.\u00a0Tom Suozzi (D-LI) and Adam Gray (D-Calif.), say that\u2019s OK because . . . well . . .<\/p>\n

\u201cWe only want 10 members of Congress because we don\u2019t want to make it only about Washington,\u201d Suozzi claims. \u201cThat\u2019s why we\u2019re going out to the state and local officials.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sorry: The pledge is about standing for \u201ccapitalism, safety, fiscal responsibility, effective government, common purpose, and patriotism\u201d \u2014 and it can\u2019t even get a dozen<\/em> Dem signers?<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the not-at-all-moderates seem to be having pretty good luck on the local front: The Democratic Socialists of America now have mayors in New York and Seattle, with Washington DC next, and maybe Los Angeles too.<\/p>\n

They\u2019re also gaining in the House: From Pennsylvania\u2019s Chris Rabb to Colorado\u2019s Melat Kiros to New York\u2019s Darializa Avila Chevalier, socialists, antisemites and Third-World-brained conspiracy theorists are grabbing safe Democratic seats.<\/p>\n

On the Senate side, Michigan\u2019s Abdul El-Sayed and Florida\u2019s Angie Nixon just beat the establishment in Dem primaries.<\/p>\n

And Massachusetts Senate hopeful Rep. Seth Moulton, a would-be anti-extremist\u00a0trying to unseat ancient Ed Markey, has had to apologize<\/em> for once saying he didn\u2019t want biological men in the locker room with his young daughters.<\/p>\n

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So it sure doesn\u2019t look like most of the party is listening to Suozzi and Gray, who are the only two House Dems who flipped Republican-held seats in 2024 in districts carried by President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

Consider, too, who they trotted out for rhetorical support for their campaign: 1990s consultant James Carville, now retired to occasional talking-head spot jobs.<\/p>\n

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Fine, he bashed the DSA as \u201cnot even Democrats,\u201d griping of the Democratic Socialists, \u201cIf you hate the Democratic Party so much, well,\u00a0then don\u2019t use our goddamn name. Go think of your own name.\u201d<\/p>\n

But maybe the name is all he cares about: Back in April, Carville said that, when next Dems control Congress and the White House, \u201cOn Day 1, they should make Puerto Rico and D.C. a state, and they should expand the Supreme Court to 13.\u201d<\/p>\n

His only \u201cmoderate\u201d spin was about keeping the voters in the dark in advance: \u201cDon\u2019t run on it, don\u2019t talk about it, just do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hmm: If centrists can\u2019t come up with a program more serious than talking<\/em> about \u201ccommon purpose\u201d and \u201cpatriotism\u201d even as they plan<\/em> a radical power grab, Americans have to wonder if the Dems who don\u2019t embrace the DSA really disagree about anything more than campaign tactics.<\/p>\n

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The pledge is about standing for \u201ccapitalism, safety, fiscal responsibility, effective government, common purpose, and patriotism\u201d \u2014 and it can\u2019t even get a dozen Dem signers?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7157,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion"],"yoast_head":"\nWhy moderate Democrats seem like such a hopeless bunch - Metro Transit Review<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=7158\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why moderate Democrats seem like such a hopeless bunch - 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