No, that’s false. It’s not just wrong on the merits of that, it’s also not aligned to the voting behavior of so-called centrists. Heterodox voters do not occupy some kind of very policy-oriented middle ground between small and big government or high and low taxes.
Medicare for All is objectively and empirically great branding. It was great on style and great on substance. It’s clear, immediate, certain, and tangible. It combines a popular thing with a universal thing, for everyone it alienated it picked up two, and it worked across the map.
It’s old news now and they need to move to something new, but it didn’t cost Democrats anything and they should t have squandered it. Stop thinking in GOP framing.
But Lamb didn’t win. Fetterman won, he’s popular, he’s interesting, and he’s not MAGA. You don’t have the luxury of choosing alies until your party stops losing the races that count.
Except the election that he won in a swing state, Jesus.