Alarm bells have rung in the halls of power as vibrant, progressive candidates have swept Democratic primaries in recent weeks. Now, members of the center-left political establishment, desperate to cling to the sclerotic approach which has driven the Democratic Party to its electoral nadir, are joining hands with Republicans to decry the upstart winners as an existential threat.
Hundreds of Colorado Democrats gathered for the state party’s DemFest over the weekend in a final show of unity before primary elections devolve into all-out knife fighting for the rest of the month. After spending a few hours watching forums, reading campaign literature, and talking to surrogates, I left with one question on my mind:
There’s lots of debate about what it means to be a progressive these days, but to state Rep. Emily Sirota (D-Denver), correctly labeling what she does is far less important than discussing the reasons why she does it.
