"The convention was held, somewhat awkwardly, at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C., and was intended to be the first annual send-up of the Democrats' big-tent coalition. Gone are the days of choosing between a former intelligence officer and a democratic socialist; the party is now asking: Why not both? And at every panel, speakers repeated the week's key takeaway like a mantra: "Democrats don't have to agree on everything.""
""John Bel Edwards is not here. Mary Peltola is not here. Jared Golden is not here," the panelist and Substack author Matt Yglesias told me about the past Louisiana governor, former representative from Alaska, and current Maine congressman, all of whom have won in red areas."
Democrats entered a mood of cautious celebration after recent primary victories, with candidates from varied ideological wings winning comfortably in multiple states. Crooked Con in Washington, D.C., convened party strategists and activists to celebrate a big-tent coalition and to emphasize that Democrats do not have to agree on everything. Panels repeated the mantra of tolerating intra-party disagreement but offered few concrete policy specifics. Several Democrats with more conservative voting records who win in red districts were notably absent, reflecting discomfort with that pragmatic approach among some attendees. The party appears united in spirit but unclear on policy boundaries.
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