We have tried this in nearly every election cycle since the 1980s, and every time the “center-left” Democrats fail to meet the moment. They want to use Progressive policy promises and rhetoric all without doing any of the actual uncomfortable work, and while enriching themselves in the process.
The Angry Wisconsinite
The secret to success in American center-left politics is to advance progressive causes without allowing the ‘progressives’ control over strategy or messaging because they *generally* suck at both.