Like Twain would say, the reports of the Democrats' demise is greatly exaggerated.
The country is moving left but in a moderate and sane manner. Good.
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The Democrats Are Moving Left Without Self-Destructing
Moderates continue to win primaries, with the “resistance” avoiding the suicidal tendencies of the Tea Party.
Democrats, likewise shut out of power in the early years of the Trump presidency, face a similarly rebellious activist flank that risks pulling their party to an unelectable extreme by defeating Establishment-friendly candidates. But so far the left-wing “resistance” hasn’t sparked an intraparty civil war so much as a genteel coffee-table discussion. During the first big wave of primaries this month, Democratic centrists did something their GOP counterparts often couldn’t during the Obama years: They survived. Instead of nominating radical outsiders, voters mostly went with moderate incumbents. Putting off any significant discussion about what the party truly stands for is just fine for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who on May 8 said at an event in Washington, “Just win baby.”
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