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by ajross 481 days ago
> a more radical approach ends up being taken even though it almost never is the right approach.

To be clearer: a more radical approach is being taken. And some people on the left genuinely prefer the situation to a Harris administration. There was never a constituency for... whatever it is the current argument is demanding[1]. It wasn't on the menu, so the next best thing is humiliation for the other members of the coalition.

[1] The fact that the framing is "Biden bad" and not "Biden should have X" is telling!