i don't think Jeffries understands the new reality. Mamdani doesn't need the party. the party needs him.

[betsuni]

85. "The socialists saw Roosevelt's liberalism as applying Band-Aides to capitalism to save it from a political

revolution leading to socialism. Whenever Norman Thomas, the six-time Socialist presidential candidate, was asked if FDR was carrying out his socialist program, he would answer with one of his famous quips such as, 'Yes, he is carrying it out in a coffin.' ... Roosevelt's liberalism was a new, middle path, one step to the left of Hoover's conservative, small-government philosophy, and two steps to the right of socialism." Steven Stoft

Democrats are accused of only "tinkering/nibbling around the edges" -- "They're more interested in clinging to power than allow a grassroots mobilization which has the potential to transform America. They've become an impediment to that." Bernie Sanders

FDR was a liberal Democrat same as the modern Democratic Party. Don't listen to anyone who says FDR was a democratic socialist. It's the 21st century. (Also, FDR was a wealthy 1% establishment elite capitalist to his bones and people should stop weaponizing those words against Democrats.)