The Democrats are an opposition party right now, and their main job is to oppose. But I don’t think Democratic reluctance here is just a matter of timing. The Democrats are undergoing a historic transformation, from being the party that embraced neoliberalism in the early 1990s to one that is rejecting that centrist posture and moving left. There’s plenty about this to cheer — the neoliberal Democratic Party didn’t do nearly enough to try to arrest growing income inequality, among other shortcomings. Democrats can’t duck this question and expect the broader electorate to see them as prepared to lead.

Source: New York Times October 30, 2017 01:18 UTC