In this edition: Why the left has no Obama (or Biden) nostalgia, demystifying the Democrats' baffling “squad” wars, and why Sanders skipped Netroots. Obama, in 2008, had lost many white Democrats in the party's primary, and Biden seemed like the man to win them. “Biden wasn't put on the Obama ticket because he and Obama agreed,” Ellison said. With Biden absent, activists explored some ways to force Democratic candidates to adopt their positions, or at least talk about them. (Davids was actually considered as a Justice Democrats candidate, but Welder, who had announced long before, got the nod.)

Source: Washington Post July 14, 2019 21:45 UTC