Nothing is going to look like enough until we get some big material improvement, and progressives don't have the power to force that right now. Even forcing Pelosi out as Speaker (which would be a lot more complicated than how it's been presented) wouldn't actually do anything material for anyone. All progressives can do right now is play for small wins that might help later, and that's what this is.
A reasonable comparison is the DNC rules changes Bernie pushed through in the wake of the 2016 primary. Did it get him elected? Did it pass any material policy? No, but he didn't have the power to do that stuff anyways, and four years later it kept Democrats from pulling the same "give the favored candidate an enormous superdelegate lead right out of the gate" strategy that neutered Bernie's 2016 campaign before it began.
Who are you quoting? AOC and the DSA both were organizing floor vote initiatives the whole time, not for vague rule changes that you didn't even fucking know about 3 days ago
AOC tweeted out this exact rule change a few days ago (maybe a week ago?) as an alternative to a losing floor vote. You also know about the PAYGO rule if you read anything on MMT.
She just got the PAYGO rule scrapped, so there you go.
You really believe that means anything?
"Progressives need to get a concession"
Gets a concession
"Well that one doesn't count"
Nothing is going to look like enough until we get some big material improvement, and progressives don't have the power to force that right now. Even forcing Pelosi out as Speaker (which would be a lot more complicated than how it's been presented) wouldn't actually do anything material for anyone. All progressives can do right now is play for small wins that might help later, and that's what this is.
A reasonable comparison is the DNC rules changes Bernie pushed through in the wake of the 2016 primary. Did it get him elected? Did it pass any material policy? No, but he didn't have the power to do that stuff anyways, and four years later it kept Democrats from pulling the same "give the favored candidate an enormous superdelegate lead right out of the gate" strategy that neutered Bernie's 2016 campaign before it began.
Who are you quoting? AOC and the DSA both were organizing floor vote initiatives the whole time, not for vague rule changes that you didn't even fucking know about 3 days ago
AOC tweeted out this exact rule change a few days ago (maybe a week ago?) as an alternative to a losing floor vote. You also know about the PAYGO rule if you read anything on MMT.