As with messaging, it matters how a question is phrased. And Dana Bash's question was right wing nonsense. As for the Democratic Party being too far left, not in the least. If she asked, Senator, is there any elected member of the Democratic Party at any level of office around the country who is too far left of the country as a whole, well sure. But is the Democratic Party and the positions staked out by the Party as represented by its platform and its leader President Biden too far left? No. not at all. Its positions are hugely popular among Democrats, independents and on many issues (like making the rich and corporations pay their fair share of taxes) hugely popular with Republicans. Maybe they don't message it well but the positions of the Dem Party and its President are mainstream, popular and in most other major allies of ours would be seen as moderately conservative rather than liberal. Let's not confuse the position of any single member of Congress (or Mayor or Governor or state Attorney General) with the party as a whole. Unlike the Republicans, the Democrats actually welcome a healthy range of viewpoints. We see that as a strength, not a weakness.
As with messaging, it matters how a question is phrased. And Dana Bash's question was right wing nonsense. As for the Democratic Party being too far left, not in the least. If she asked, Senator, is there any elected member of the Democratic Party at any level of office around the country who is too far left of the country as a whole, well sure. But is the Democratic Party and the positions staked out by the Party as represented by its platform and its leader President Biden too far left? No. not at all. Its positions are hugely popular among Democrats, independents and on many issues (like making the rich and corporations pay their fair share of taxes) hugely popular with Republicans. Maybe they don't message it well but the positions of the Dem Party and its President are mainstream, popular and in most other major allies of ours would be seen as moderately conservative rather than liberal. Let's not confuse the position of any single member of Congress (or Mayor or Governor or state Attorney General) with the party as a whole. Unlike the Republicans, the Democrats actually welcome a healthy range of viewpoints. We see that as a strength, not a weakness.