It is NOT the " Democratic establishment"

I realize my fellow progressives need a convenient bogeyman but what happened is basic politics.

A person at the so called edge of the electorate wins a primary and is subsequently beaten by a centrist in the general election.

The Republican version is Murkowski beaten in primary in Alaska, yet wins in general as an ostensible independent.

Primary elections get skewed by the "extremes" of each parry

The problem isn't the DemocraticParty, it is we progressives who haven't yet made our positions more mainstream