...With just over 100 days to go before the November elections, all signals point to an outcome that is more a reflection of a midterm political map that favors Republicans than it is about the future direction of the country. The Republicans’ short-term midterm strategy, as well as their presidential nomination process, will make it more difficult for them to take back the White House in 2016. But the left nonetheless faces an important existential question in the years ahead: Yes, the Republican Party’s inability to adapt to America’s cultural shifts and demographic changes is creating an enormous opportunity for Democrats. However, in an age of political alienation where the majority of Americans lack faith in their institutions in general—and their federal government in particular—Democratic activists will need to reconcile the public’s desire for smaller government with their own progressive impulses. politico/magazine/story/2014/07/left-took-over-democratic-party-109348_full.html#.U9VKYfldV8G
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