Morning Jolt: The New Democratic Party

It's a strange news day today to cap off an intense week. Jim Geraghty will be back on Monday. Today we look at the political future of the Democratic party and read from Nicholas Eberstadt's diagnosis of the North Korea summit.

Democratic Candidates Are Marching Left

Are the Democrats moving leftward? Mike Konczal, a writer and fellow at the progressive Roosevelt Institute, says the answer is yes. In response to a column in The Week by Ryan Cooper, who lamented that Democrats do not "put forward a consistent party line on economic issues," Konczal perused the campaign websites of a smattering of Democrats. He found large-scale agreement on a set of key economic issues: "Every candidate but one has expanding Medicare on their website, either as a public option or as single-payer. All but one has a living wage, with the majority explicitly stating $15 an hour as the goal. Some version of free college, most notably the 'debt-free' model, was represented across the board."

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The New Democratic Party Theodore Kupfer It's a strange news day today to cap off an intense week. Jim Geraghty will be back on Monday. Today we look at the political future of the Democratic party and read from Nicholas Eberstadt's diagnosis of the North Korea summit. Democratic Candidates Are Marching Left Are the Democrats moving leftward? Mike Konczal, a writer and fellow at the progressive Roosevelt Institute, says the answer is yes. In response to a column in The Week by Ryan Cooper, who lamented that Democrats do not "put forward a consistent party line on economic issues," Konczal perused the campaign websites of a smattering of Democrats. He found large-scale agreement on a set of key economic issues: "Every candidate but one has expanding Medicare on their website, either as a public option or as single-payer. All but one has a living wage, with the majority explicitly stating $15 an hour as the goal. Some version of free college, most notably the 'debt-free' model, was represented across the board." That ... Read More Top Stories Nonsense and Sensibility Armond White Visconti's intelligence is more sophisticated than contemporary sexual politics; he exposes the duplicity of Machiavellian... Charles Krauthammer, R.I.P. The Editors Charles Krauthammer, R.I.P. Toddler Used as Face of Family Separation was Never Separated From Her Mother Jack Crowe The two-year-old crying Honduran girl featured on the cover of the July issue of Time magazine was never separated from her mother at the U.S.-Mexico border ADVERTISEMENT Democrats Have Zero Tolerance for Solutions to Illegal Immigration David Harsanyi They'd rather blame the GOP, stir up emotion, and maintain the status... Eminent-Domain Abuse Comes to Paul Ryan's District Jibran Khan And the congressman refuses to denounce... We Still Need Liberalism Christian Alejandro Gonzalez Patrick Deneen's critique of liberalism exhibits an undue nostalgia for the past and ingratitude for the virtues of the... A Renewed Case for Term Limits Heather Wilhelm Time to fire everyone in Washington,... Charles Krauthammer Dies at 68 Mairead McArdle Charles Krauthammer, political commentator and Pulitzer Prize winner, passed away Thursday at 68 after a battle with cancer. ADVERTISEMENT Introducing NRPLUS We're 'Plus' for Some Very Good Reasons When you become an NRPLUS member, you join an exclusive National Review community, with benefits that touch the content you receive, your website experience, and ultimately your ability to help shape the conservative conversation. LEARN MORE TODAY Photo Essays Cartoons of the Day: June 22, 2018 Battle of the Philippine Sea ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 19 West 44th Street, Suite 1701, New York, NY, 10036, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.