How can progressives enthusiastically support Booker in a Dem primary?

[Figueira]

Im sorry but Booker lives in freaking NJ Wall Street execs and the people they employ live in suburbs in NJ. Being "pro-wall street" just means he does right by his constituents, also "alt-right on education" isn't a thing the "alt-right" is a race movement like neo-nazis

That doesn't answer the question posed in the thread title. People who are loudly protesting everyone tied to Wall Street aren't going to give Booker a pass because he happens to represent New Jersey.

[Figueira]

The people on the left need to learn to bend a little or we're all going to break.

I agree (not necessarily with Booker but in general I agree) but this argument isn't going to convince anyone who doesn't already agree with you.

[Figueira]

He can't. He's all the problems with Clinton (too close to corporatism/Wall Street, too centrist to win over left-wingers) maximized. He's not going to be able to appeal to progressives in the primary, and if he wins the nomination he'll lose to Trump in the general election and help the GOP retain their majorities in the House and Senate.

Democrats need to realize that Clinton's popularity with white suburbanites and college grads was a one-off thing, and even then it cost the Democrats a lot of down ballot races. You shouldn't be trying to appeal to disenfranchised Republicans who vote. You should be trying to appeal to working-class voters and Millennials who typically DON'T vote and maximize turnout.

If Hillary Clinton of all people can win a Democratic primary, why shouldn't Booker be able to win? And the Sanders wing is clearly a minority of the Democratic primary electorate.

Exactly. Sanders supporters are important but it's not like they ("we" I guess) have veto power over the nominee.

[Figueira]

He can't. He's all the problems with Clinton (too close to corporatism/Wall Street, too centrist to win over left-wingers) maximized. He's not going to be able to appeal to progressives in the primary, and if he wins the nomination he'll lose to Trump in the general election and help the GOP retain their majorities in the House and Senate.

Democrats need to realize that Clinton's popularity with white suburbanites and college grads was a one-off thing, and even then it cost the Democrats a lot of down ballot races. You shouldn't be trying to appeal to disenfranchised Republicans who vote. You should be trying to appeal to working-class voters and Millennials who typically DON'T vote and maximize turnout.

If Hillary Clinton of all people can win a Democratic primary, why shouldn't Booker be able to win? And the Sanders wing is clearly a minority of the Democratic primary electorate.

Exactly. Sanders supporters are important but it's not like they ("we" I guess) have veto power over the nominee.

We might not have veto power during a primary (I think this point is debatable), but we can certainly screw you during a general à la HRC.

True (and that's not something to be proud of) but that's irrelevant to whether Booker can get the nomination.