This summer, two of the most engaging and important leaders of the center left — political philosopher Michael Sandel and Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., who ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020 — had a conversation on the topic “Reimagining the Future of the Democratic Party,” at the Aspen Institute’s Ideas Festival. The party’s short-term prospects, to be unveiled in November’s midterm elections, have recently improved from hideously grim to very grim. Though this change can be attributed to a variety of causes, one is surely the paucity of sane, ethical, center-right GOP Senate candidates in crucial states. Read the full opinion at washingtonpost.com.

Source: Washington Post August 02, 2022 22:01 UTC