Morning Jolt: Surprising Party Changes in the Past Decade

As I head into the Winter Meeting of the (sigh, deep breath) "network of conservative groups affiliated with Charles Koch, that they would prefer people stop calling 'the Koch Network'," perhaps it is good to pause and look at how the two parties have changed in the past decade . . . because they have indeed changed.

Is American Politics Really Realigning towards the Left Wing?

The headline of Eric Levitz's essay in New York Magazine, "The Left-Wing Realignment of American Politics Has Already Begun," is both more accurate and less accurate than it appears.

The crux of Levitz's argument is that not only has the Democratic party moved to the left, to the point where the centrists of this primary are running on positions that would have been extremely progressive twelve years ago, but also that the 2020 edition of the Republican party is to the left of where it used to be:

But a broader swath of the GOP is warming to small-bore, family-based social welfare policies ...

WITH JIM GERAGHTY January 24 2020 WITH JIM GERAGHTY January 24 2020 Surprising Party Changes in the Past Decade As I head into the Winter Meeting of the (sigh, deep breath) "network of conservative groups affiliated with Charles Koch, that they would prefer people stop calling 'the Koch Network'," perhaps it is good to pause and look at how the two parties have changed in the past decade . . . because they have indeed changed. Is American Politics Really Realigning towards the Left Wing? The headline of Eric Levitz's essay in New York Magazine, "The Left-Wing Realignment of American Politics Has Already Begun," is both more accurate and less accurate than it appears. The crux of Levitz's argument is that not only has the Democratic party moved to the left, to the point where the centrists of this primary are running on positions that would have been extremely progressive twelve years ago, but also that the 2020 edition of the Republican party is to the left of where it used to be: But a broader swath of the GOP is warming to small-bore, family-based social welfare policies ...   READ MORE

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