After the Nevada Democratic progressive wing took over the party in 2001, my response was basically a little happy dance, and then I went on with other business. (Though I did offer an opinion on the immediate aftermath here)
Not a major mea culpa, after all, I am neither a political professional, and I live far away from the great state of Nevada.
On the other hand, it appears that Nevada progressives running the state Democratic Party engaged in a similar level of benign disinterest, with rather more significant results.
They did not learn the lesson from Jeremy Corbyn, which is that when progressives take power within a party apparatus, that their first order of business should be to making sure that you are protected from vengeful opponents.
It should also be noted that the second thing that progressives should do when taking power is to deliver the goods, whether this be more effective campaigns or legislation.
It appears that they did not do this either:
Assemblywoman Daniele Monroe-Moreno won control of the Nevada State Democratic Party Saturday, clinching victory over embattled Chair Judith Whitmer.
The election for Nevada’s Democratic Party chair, which saw Monroe-Moreno winning by a margin of 314-99, comes after a heated race that saw several prominent Democrats and unions endorse Monroe-Moreno over Whitmer, including U.S. Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen, U.S. Reps. Susie Lee, Dina Titus and Steven Horsford, former Gov. Steve Sisolak and the powerful Culinary union.
Monroe-Moreno’s win signals that the Democratic establishment is regaining control of the party apparatus from the party’s more liberal progressive wing, which has held the party since Whitmer became the chair in 2021.
I would note here that Daniele Monroe-Moreno's first order of business as Nevada Democratic Party chair will be to restructure the party to minimize the possibility of the progressive wing coming back to power, because this is what the "centrists" do after recovering from a defeat.
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Other members of the Unity Slate [The anti-progressive slate] achieved victory Saturday, including former West Wendover Mayor Daniel Corona as first vice chair, policy adviser Francisco Morales as second vice chair, former state party executive director Travis Brock as secretary and North Las Vegas Democratic Club President Leilani Hinyard as treasurer.
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Whitmer has faced mounting pressure in the past weeks, drawing criticism and calls for her resignation after more than 230 members were removed from the central committee’s membership list. Whitmer said the mass removal was part of a procedure that eliminates members who fail to attend two consecutive meetings.
Following the mass removal, nearly 40 members of the state central committee sent a letter to the Democratic National Committee, who observed Saturday’s election, expressing concern over the “impartiality” of the vote.
So, the now-former party chair realized that she had a problem, and waited to do something until the last minute, and got accused of attempting to manipulating the vote.
You don't do this on day 700, you do this on day 1.
The progressives won't get another chance for at least a decade, because they are going to see purges and rules changes surgically designed to kneecap their chances.
Progressives need to stop bringing a knife to a gun fight.
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