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The Democratic fear of Progressives, esp as campaigners & candidates goes all the way back to George McGovern when he was the antiwar Dem candidate for the Presidency against Nixon. His campaign ended in poss the biggest disaster for Dems & they've never gotten over it. But the main blame that stuck was his progressive, antiwar stance, when actually there was a LOT more to it: https://www.google.com/search?q=George+mcgovern+debacle&oq=George+mcgovern+debacle&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQABjvBTIHCAIQABjvBTIHCAMQABjvBTIHCAQQABjvBTIHCAUQABjvBdIBCTMyODE3ajBqOagCALACAQ&client=ms-android-att-us-rvc3&sourceid=chrome-mobile&source=chrome.ob&ie=UTF-8