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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSpurred by Midterm Losses, Liberal and Moderate Democrats Square Off Over Strategy
By JONATHAN MARTINNOV. 14, 2014
WASHINGTON The Democrats widespread losses last week have revived a debate inside the party about its fundamental identity, a long-running feud between center and left that has taken on new urgency in the aftermath of a disastrous election and in a time of deeply felt economic anxiety.
The discussion is taking place in post-election meetings, conference calls and dueling memos from liberals and moderates. But it will soon grow louder, shaping the actions of congressional Democrats in President Obamas final two years and, more notably, defining the partys presidential primary in 2016.
The debate will ultimately play out in a battle for the soul of the Clinton campaign, said Matt Bennett, a senior official at Third Way, the centrist political group.
Hillary Rodham Clinton, should she run, will face tension between the business-friendly wing of the party that was ascendant in the economic boom during her husbands administration and the populism of Senator Elizabeth Warren, Democrat of Massachusetts, that has gained currency of late.
I want her to run on a raising wages agenda and not cater to Wall Street but to everyday people, Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, said of his expectations for Mrs. Clinton.
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Depaysement
(1,835 posts)I think that's the usual phrase.
AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)nt
Oilwellian
(12,647 posts)in this small little corner of the internet. No way what we see here is happening in the Dem party on a national level.
AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)IMHO
neverforget
(9,436 posts)undermine liberal policies every chance they get aka Third Way.