He didn't before Kamala started telling everyone how conservative she is now...
She's better than Biden, absolutely better to trump...
But she's still more conservative than most of the Dem voter base
Republicans use polls of Republican voters, they dont give two shits what Dems want. But Dem politicians keep fucking looking at polls of all voters, and using that to drive policy.
The result is no candidate really represents Dem voters, just the small (but very vocal) conservative wing of the Dem party. One tried to tell me Reagan was further left economically than Obama earlier today, and I think they really believed it.
They're just completely disengaged from other Dem voters, they think because neoliberals politicians still have a stranglehold on party leadership it means they're the majority.
Worst case of running a progressive candidate is they pull another PUMA like in 08 where they tried to get the Republican elected to spite Obama when he beat Hillary...
Their republican votes were completely inconsequential.