If Our Revolution is A New Hope for progressives, then surely what we have been seeing recently is the Establishment Strikes Back.
I'm not going to link to the article since it is so despicable and dishonest I don't want to give it views, but it is well known that Politico recently ran a piece that dishonestly represented Our Revolution and essentially tried to claim that they had no accomplishments.
A few key points, Our Revolution barely existed in 2016, and so supported almost no candidates. In 2017, there were very few elections. This article from Politico was written before nearly any of the 2018 primaries happened. In many of those primaries, including ones as high profile as Governor of Georgia, Our Revolution backed candidates won.
Let's just be honest about the timing of this article. Establishment politicians realized that this was their last chance to take advantage of the fact that Our Revolution (OR) has barely had any elections in which they could run candidates, and significant success for OR was on the horizon. If they had waited two more weeks the article wouldn't have worked because OR had picked up significant primary victories. The timing of this was not a coincidence, it was poisoning the well just before time ran out.
Many articles reporting on this issue also inaccurately say that it is "Bernie's group". In reality, Bernie has not been a part of it since 2016. It is supportive of Bernie, but is not focused on him, and he is not a part of it.
Democratic Party of Virginia Chair Susan Swecker is also quoted lying in the piece by accusing OR of sitting out the 2017 elections in Virginia, particularly because they did not endorse the very centrist Democratic candidate Ralph Northam for governor. As people in both Our Revolution and Northam's campaign have said, Northam did not want OR's endorsement. He was running as a centrist trying to get moderate votes. Being endorsed by a left-wing group would have crushed that message. He didn't want the endorsement. In addition, OR endorsed about a dozen candidates in VA that year, at least five of whom have been elected. Many of those were in incredibly close races where OR's support may have made the difference.
Nearly all of the key races where moderates ran, and where OR is accused of "sitting out", are cases where the moderate Democrats did not want the endorsement of Our Revolution since they were relying on appealing to moderates. Take Doug Jones in Alabama for example. Bernie got about 20% of the vote in the Alabama primary. Why in the Hell would anyone want Our Revolutions' endorsement in Alabama. (Note, in a few very Democratic cities there are exceptions. For example the mayor of Birmingham Alabama was endorsed by OR, but Birmingham is a Democratic bastion. Statewide being endorsed by OR is basically suicide).
This is all obvious to anyone who pays attention to politics.
Let's also note the nearly 100 local Our Revolution candidates who have already been elected...
in 2018: https://ourrevolution.com/results/
in 2017: https://ourrevolution.com/2017-elections-results/
and in 2016: https://ourrevolution.com/election-2016/
Over 40% of Our Revolution's candidates have won. That is higher than nearly any other activist group
This inaccurate hit-piece also has signs of certain Democratic establishment candidates' influence. Particularly that of Andrew Cuomo, who is focused on an off amount in the article.
This was a pathetic, last-minute attempt to undermine Our Revolution. Ironically, if they played fair, and stuck to the facts, the Democratic establishment would probably be a lot more popular.