Double post to hopefully stop this thread from being autistic about autism and getting back to being autistic about politics: (Also a slight John Flynt cross-post, as this was responsible for knocking a potentially serious contender out of the race that John is scampaigning in)
Counter to all previous indications, it would see the Democrats ARE learning.
Unfortunately they're learning all the wrong lessons.
The tl;dr is that the DCCC, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, who is the Democratic Congressional National level campaign fund warchest, has said they are blacklisting any political consultants who work for anyone who primaries against an incumbent.
In the wake of the DCCC’s new policy, two key consultants resigned from the would-be campaign of a primary challenger, and now it may not happen at all.
theintercept.com
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has a plan to prevent another Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez-type incumbent challenger from ever succeeding again, and it appears to be already working.
splinternews.com
They are making sure there are no AOC/Sanders surprises in the future. No one is going to get to run on the Dem ticket without the approval of the higher ups. You are going to toe the party line, and The Party will decide how much choice you should have, Comrade.
Watching DNC NPCs explain this will be GLORIOUS*.
*I mean we know they'll just do some quick "Freedom is Slavery" doublethink, but making them do it in the open is always fun