Suffice it to say this one was a full-blown tug-o-war for the party’s soul. HuffPost Patented Democratic Soul Battle-Meter©: 2 Zombie FDRsHuffPostJune 26, 2018: New York 14th Congressional District Primary Until the votes were counted on primary night, New York’s 14th Congressional District didn’t factor heavily into the national debate over the Democratic Party’s soul. The hot-take oven was put into overdrive, as pieces about Ocasio-Cortez’s impact on the battlefortheDemocratic Party’s soul became inescapable. “Tallahassee’s top two politicians now find themselves diametrically opposed in a battle for the soul of Florida’s Democratic Party,” The Tampa Bay Times asserted. But even in defeat, that pesky matter of the party’s soul remained up for grabs.

Source: Huffington Post September 18, 2018 09:45 UTC