Judis and Teixeira end their important study by noting that a Democratic Party that is liberal on economics and “moderate and conciliatory” on cultural issues would be broadly successful. They are not advocating an abandonment of liberal values or a split-the-difference moderation but a return to commonsense views held by the party as recently as a decade ago.
“moderate and conciliatory on cultural issues”
Do…
Do the authors think the Democratic Party isn’t moderate and conciliatory on cultural issues?
Jesus fucking Christ.
Gay marriage wasn’t legal nationwide until June 2015. Those decade-old policies would likely be very outdated by today’s standards.
Backing Hillary “You need both a public and a private position” Clinton and Joe “nothing will fundamentally change” Biden were both mistakes.
I hope the lesson will be learned before the '28 run.
Their real problem is they just have no legitamate competition. Until the republican party implodes and reshingles as the wigs2 or something the dems won’t improve. That or we get away from the two party system.
Every day I feel like I have less and less in common with “ordinary Americans” and, indeed, humans.
