I don't know if you consider all of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) members to be far left. I just wanted to point out that the CPC has more members than the New Democrat Coalition.

I think the Democratic Party has plenty of room for various caucuses and ideologies. I imagine that these two candidates have votes that are largely in alignment with one another.

include all the times that the democratic party and the republican party voted together as well.

that centrist voting record is preferable to somebody to the far left of that centrist. That position doesn't make a lot of sense to me. I guess the alternative is that you just like contributing random bits of trivia.

...in the United States as a whole, and in Washington, can be considered "centrists". As I said, anywhere from 60-80% of all Democrats can be categorized as "centrists", more likely closer to the 80% number than the 60% number. Even many "progressives", when looking at ALL the issues in front of us, would consider themselves "centrists" on a number of those issues.

We have a representative government, and our legislators should reflect the makeup of the full breadth of their constituencies and the population of the country. There will be some on the far left, and some on the far right (hopefully fewer), but most in the "center". The question is, where do you draw the lines between the three?

Finally, this is serious business, I don't consider the overall makeup of the Democratic Party, consisting of tens of millions of Americans, a "random bit of trivia". You?

to me that article spells Party Unity and Solidarity in Congress.

The Republicans are in lockstep. We also should be.

....of the entire Democratic Party?

Not I.

"The race perfectly highlights the debate raging inside the Democrats Party [...]"

The error is in the original article. It's the Democratic Party, not "Democrats Party". Must've been written by a Repubaclan.

This is bullshit. Unlike the GOP (or at least what they are willing to admit to), Democrats are a "big tent" and yes, it can be like herding cats sometimes but there ARE certain platforms points that we DO agree with. And number ONE should be to "tack" away from what is going on right now.