Blue dog Dems are a lot better than Republicans.

But it is difficult to take this article seriously when it includes bilge like “Rather, instead of always starting political debates on the far left, and only moving to the middle during negotiations, Democrats should begin in the middle and challenge Republicans to come to us.”

The Democrats haven’t floated a far left policy proposal for decades.

Instead, the Democrats tend to start with a compromised position and make further concessions to their own conservatives or (worse) to totally intransigent Republicans. The ACA mess was a perfect example.