Approval rating of Democrats in Congress signals major change is needed.

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36. OK

It's a good thing that the Abolitionists, the organized Labor leaders. the Women's Suffrage, the Freedom Riders and many other progressive activists did not take that advice.

You say that progressives reject candidates they don't agree with, yet here you are doing that very thing. There are far more conservative voters who switch from voting Democratic to voting Republicans than there are Progressives voting third party or staying home. Advocating for moderate - actually conservative - policies and positions causes the second phenomenon, whcih is much more damaging to the party than your dreaded Progressives will ever be.

If you disagree with progressive positions, the the positions and policies that 70 to 80% of the general public support, then you should do so openly and honestly instead of accusing progressives of sabotaging the party.