The only ones that get any level of power or influence within the party are ones that will defend the status quo. A system that's operating as designed cannot be reformed from within.
Their goal is never to win elections. Their only goal is to prevent leftist movements and organization from gaining positions of power. To defend these status quo.
That's been the game plan for Democrats since Bill Clinton, pushed Republicans further to the right, and the Democrats fill the void left by Republicans. Rinse and repeat since the 1990s.
It was the creation of 3rd way under Bill Clinton that helped turn the Democrats into a party that shifted from people like Jimmy Carter to those embracing the Cheneys.
Politico was also a recipient of USAID, so of course everything they report has a propaganda spin to it.
Democrats are willing to talk to other people's constituents, but completely avoid their own town halls with their own constituents for the same reason Republicans are getting run out.
He just needs to kick his ass back to South Africa