Nick Caraway sends greetings —

There is no one more polarizing than Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (AOC) but give her this, she gets her money’s worth on the Twitter machine. This past weekend she turned her attention to John Kasich and his comments about progressives. 

https://twitter.com/aoc/status/1325181753204461569

I think the biggest negative surprise from the race was the lack of effect of people like Kasich. I don’t know that anyone expected Ohio to turn because of him but he, other conservative defectors, and the Lincoln Project didn’t seem to have an electoral effect beyond a few points. So, what positive benefit did Joe Biden have by having people like Kasich on his side?

AOC got blasted for the timing of her tweet, but God love her, she only has one speed. She’s going to go full blast no matter what she does. The question is whether she’s right. The election returns in the House and Senate seem to say she is. Furthermore, polling on individual issues within the progressive platform seem to indicate she is.

It remains to be seen whether national Democratic leaders are shying away from the progressive platform because they don’t believe in it or whether they think appealing to the middle is still a winning formula. I’m not even sure there is much of a middle anymore.