re: #489 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

The problem with Bernie and Paul/Trump is they’ve sold the Presidency as the chief ideologue in the country. TP can tell you but Northam was more moderate than Perriello is. I campaigned for both of them. Northam has probably governed the most progressive than any Virginia Democrat I can think of. Get a strong Democratic legislature and that along with an executive who understands Congress, we could get a lot accomplished.

IIRC, only 1 Bernie-supported candidate won in the whole of Virginia last November. The majority of the races where Dems flipped seats were with candidates to the right of Bernie and some even faced open hostility from “progressive” voters. And while Northam was to the right of Perriello, he was still dubbed a “socialist” by wingnut voters here and across the nation.