I broadly agree with the argument that the left needs to come together with the center and center right to defeat MAGA, but don't think the examples you've used are persuasive. One article by Hamilton Nolan doesn't tell us much about where the progressive left is (he's correct when he writes, "What do I know? I'm just some guy.") And it's not unreasonable for any constituency, including progressives, to want politicians to have to work for their votes. The letter from Sunrise et.al. is focused less on the moral case against the travesty in Israel and Gaza and more on the lack of a White House strategy to keep young voters in the Biden tent. Again, not unreasonable. What would be helpful is for the Welcome Party to give examples of how the concessions Democrats make to progressives hurt the pro-democracy coalition and help MAGA. The history of the past three years is of Congressional progressives getting in line, time after time, while "moderates" and corporatists like Manchin and Sinema did everything they could to sabotage coalition-building policies (see child tax credit etc.)
I broadly agree with the argument that the left needs to come together with the center and center right to defeat MAGA, but don't think the examples you've used are persuasive. One article by Hamilton Nolan doesn't tell us much about where the progressive left is (he's correct when he writes, "What do I know? I'm just some guy.") And it's not unreasonable for any constituency, including progressives, to want politicians to have to work for their votes. The letter from Sunrise et.al. is focused less on the moral case against the travesty in Israel and Gaza and more on the lack of a White House strategy to keep young voters in the Biden tent. Again, not unreasonable. What would be helpful is for the Welcome Party to give examples of how the concessions Democrats make to progressives hurt the pro-democracy coalition and help MAGA. The history of the past three years is of Congressional progressives getting in line, time after time, while "moderates" and corporatists like Manchin and Sinema did everything they could to sabotage coalition-building policies (see child tax credit etc.)