I generally appreciate the DSA's kind of timid electoral approach. It's not a political party, and so they should be judicious about backing specific candidates. "Do they identify as a socialist?" seems like a useful, clear line. But you didn't say "DSA should" but rather that DSA types should, and I'm big on board with that. They did it for Cynthia Nixon (though she may have gotten an official endorsement at this point) and Swearengin, who I only heard of when she stepped up while Manchin was still being wishy washy on the teacher strike, may have been in a better position to win in a state who's got a strong union background that's riper for socialism than people know.

Oh well. Missed opportunity there.