It appears Conor Lamb won in PA 18, and he is pro-gun and anti-Pelosi. Democrats like Lamb could win in a lot of districts won in 2016 by Trump. Maybe they could reclaim their majority in the House.
A fair few would be pro-life, which is to say anti-abortion, even more would favor school choice or vouchers; many would be pro-gun. Most would be straight white males. Some might even oppose illegal immigration - shock!
Talk about making a deal with the Devil. The new, larger Democratic Party couldn’t very well espouse “San Francisco” values. It would be far less George McGovern and more Lyndon Johnson.
The leaders of today’s Democratic Party are two hard leftists: Thomas Perez and Keith Ellison. Can the party faithful who elected Perez and Ellison stomach making common cause with so many people whose values they despise?
Would such a truly big tent party stand for much? Would the Bernie bros, La Raza, Antifa, LGBTQ activists and the pussy hats shift to a third party or stay home? These are the dilemmas of big tent politics.
