Keep seeing these arguments that Tuesday was a rebuke to progressive candidates. I don't see any way to read it that way except for being incredibly facile. It turns out that Democrats--progressive or moderate--have a hard time getting elected in right-wing districts. Who knew!
The only thing that might be challenged by this result is the idea, which does exist on the left, that really economically leftist Democrats can pull in right-wing voters on a populist message. Probably that's not going to work anymore, if it ever did.
What I fail to see is the idea that there is a desire for moderate candidates instead of progressive candidates. I don't think the vast majority of voters are looking at anything else but the political party when they make their choice. So might as well nominated progressives.
