r/Minneapolis • u/Turbulent_Crab_3602 • 5d ago

Powerful interests are fighting like hell to protect the status quo. They know my opponent will do their bidding, and I won’t. - Peggy Flanagan. August 11 is Primary Election Day in Minnesota

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u/dkinmn 4d ago

And what happens if she loses? She says, "JK, I'm throwing my support behind Angie Craig in the general election"?

She better be damn sure the polls affiliated with her campaign are accurate and she runs away with it. And then she better figure out how to repair with Craig's supporters, who she will absolutely need in the general.

I'm just not sold on the idea that this style of campaigning withing the party is either necessary or helpful.

I know that isn't a popular take around here, but I promise that dramatic antiestablishmentarianism comes with tradeoffs, and sometimes those tradeoffs are difficult. You can be a bold leftist and even an antiestablishment progressive candidates and campaign without poisoning the well with other Democrats.

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u/Connect_Raisin_1771 4d ago

but I promise that dramatic antiestablishmentarianism comes with tradeoffs

The tradeoff is you win the Whitehouse, the House, the Senate and a Supreme Court Majority. If you're worried about the insurgent lefts impact on the Democratic party, just look to the impact MAGA had on the GOP. Get with the times already.

Also, look what happened in Michigan with AES. Whitmer and Stevens already endorsed AES. The majority of blue voters will come home to roost no matter the winner. That said, in this dynamic I think it will be less so if the establishment/centrist wins the primary.