If the Democratic party is to offer hope, grit and stamina for the battle ahead with Donald Trump, it needs leadership. Mr Trump seeks authoritarian control of republican government and is exploiting the Republican establishment’s desire for power and the Democratic party’s disarray. Hence it is good to see Mr Sanders call for Republicans to join hands in opposing Mr Trump. The Democratic party must have more agency and less spectatorship. Mr Sanders is helping us to remember that.

Source: The Guardian March 10, 2017 19:07 UTC