Thoroughly enjoyed reading your thoughts, but I'm not even a progressive. The sentence you quoted spoke about uniting Americans, then you talk about the Dems trying to reach out to independents and moderates. AOC was one portion of this article the other two included Yang and Gabbard, both of whom have appeal across moderates and independents. Right now libertarians are seething that Rand Paul spoke at the RNC. Would have been a great opportunity to pull an anti-ward candidate such as Gabbard into the fold.