There may be lots of moderate Democrats in Michigan. Deft Democratic candidates promise hard-pressed voters a better deal on economics, but reflect the views of their districts on hot button social issues. Indeed, many other supposed social issues, such as pay equity and parental leave, are really class issues if narrated well. So asking whether Democrats are running too far to the left in general is precisely the wrong question. The most ineffective combination of all, as Hillary Clinton painfully demonstrated in 2016, is left on identity issues and pro-Wall Street on economics.

Source: Huffington Post July 23, 2018 13:41 UTC