(Sanders group) Boston Globe: Third Way in struggle for the Democratic Party's Soul

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3. Excellent find

There is no way to do it justice with excerpts, this article deserves to be read. I picked out these paragraphs to illustrate:

Their overarching emphasis is on solidifying political support among the middle class. Where they differ from many Democrats is how they plan to appeal to the vast middle: reduce deficits and cut spending growth on such entitlements as Social Security and Medicare.

They insist on deficit reduction and entitlement cuts as conditions for key tax hikes on the wealthy.

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Third Way’s insistence on linking tax hikes to a grand bargain — which has been impossible to obtain in the Obama era — has a direct bearing on the wallets of the group’s wealthy funders.