No, the Democratic Party isnt divided or in disarray [View all]
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) hasn’t lost his ability to make Democrats mad, and once again, he has triggered an intraparty kerfuffle on social media. This isn’t a huge deal while Donald Trump is still the president, but it’s worth focusing on as a preview of what the Democratic Party is going to face between now and 2020.
As we head towards the next presidential cycle, many people — on the right, the left and in the media — will be saying Democrats are in the throes of an identity crisis, a struggle for their party’s soul that will tear them apart. But they aren’t, and they won’t be. The Democratic Party screws up plenty and contains its share of idiots, but when it comes to its identity, it’s doing just fine.
On Wednesday, Sanders spoke at a commemoration event in Jackson, Miss., to mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King. BuzzFeed reporter Ruby Cramer quoted Sanders as saying:
“The business model, if you like, of the Democratic Party for the last 15 years or so has been a failure . . . People sometimes don’t see that because there was a charismatic individual named Barack Obama.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2018/04/05/no-the-democratic-party-isnt-divided-or-in-disarray/?utm_term=.998c07c5077f
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