She's still calling herself a Democrat. I don't think GOP voters will respect her unless she goes super hard with MAGA fascism. Even then, there's a credibility issue for GOP voters, and she won't have Independents or obviously Democrats.

Nah, I think she's done in politics. She is, however, well on her way to a gig at Fox as the Democratic [Read: Controlled opposition] member on their discussion panel shows.

I really hope it turns out better than 2016

NYT hates the new progressives and never misses a chance to passive-aggressive denigrate them.

As far as Stevens goes, I don't think anyone is fooled. El-Sayed has pretty much just kept being what he has been all along. It's almost like he trolled her simply by not changing in response to her provocations.

I think Jamelle Bouie said it best:

"To my mind this is a great example of the problem with candidates who don't seem to really believe anything, who seem only to be running to advance their careers, and who are unable to make themselves subordinate to a larger cause," Bouie said. "Stevens clearly thought that this whole story was about her, and now that it isn't, she is lashing out in a way to make it about her. The story may end up being about her, but inasmuch as it becomes a cautionary tale about people like Haley Stevens, and I think at a time when Democrats were trying to make their final push, trying to build unity, this actually might be the thing that did it, because now everyone is united in a simple message, which is that Haley Stevens sucks."

But note that even though Jamelle Bouie is a frequent columnist for NYT, he didn't opine this there. Instead, he said it on his own YouTube channel.

TL;DR: Never look to NYT for a balanced view on progressives.