The Democratic Party is terrified of even small liberal reforms and will not abide left leaning democrats thwarting their plans for austerity and neoliberal orthodoxy.
You can’t really hold the Democrats hostage because they’re fully willing to lose in order to stop leftist insurgents. While Democrats can bash their left flank over the head with “blue no matter who!” the DSA-types can’t do the same to centrists.
It’s important for them to try, and demonstrate it can’t be done, but I don’t hold out hope for that as an effective strategy.
You can’t really hold the Democrats hostage because they’re fully willing to lose in order to stop leftist insurgents. While Democrats can bash their left flank over the head with “blue no matter who!” the DSA-types can’t do the same to centrists.
It’s important for them to try, and demonstrate it can’t be done, but I don’t hold out hope for that as an effective strategy.