Great essay written by a billionaire Dem

[JHan]

18. The Democratic party has not moved to the right..

"Democrats have not moved right since the New Deal era at all. Indeed, the party has moved somewhat to the left, largely because its conservative Southern wing has disappeared."

I find few faults in this column: http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/07/how-neoliberalism-became-the-lefts-favorite-insult.html

Both Clinton and Obama may have seen to be "centrists" by some but they each had difficult political realities which hamstrung their ability to get progressive legislation passed. Gay marriage, the ACA and a ton load of other legislation contradict the "dems have moved to the right" theorizing.

And let's be real, the idea that there ever was a center to speak of leans towards the Overton Window theory ( which I once placed stock in but I no longer do, and I'd suggest we all abandon it because it's a gross simplification of politics)

What we have are two groups of voters and a large number of apathetic voters - some are apathetic by choice, some are apathetic because they don't know any better and some have been disenfranchised by other means. And some are frankly lazy. It takes approx 30 mins to inform oneself of where a political party stands on the issues.