The fight for the soul of the Democratic Party

The Democrats live in a house divided. There's only so long that this can stand.

Charles Schumer, Kamala Harris, and Elizabeth Warren.
(Image credit: Illustrated | Drew Angerer/Getty Images, Zach Gibson/Getty Images, REUTERS/Carlos Barria)

Many political observers have been transfixed for months by the spectacle of the GOP falling to pieces over health care, immigration, free trade, and foreign policy, with warring factions of the party seemingly unable to agree on anything other than slashing taxes and prostrating before President Trump. But let's not let this blind us to the equally important schism of Democrats, some of whom are clamoring for single-payer health care while others seem intent on bowing before Wall Street's favored gutting of financial regulations.

It's not just the GOP. America's populist moment is marked by challenges to the political establishment and status quo on both sides of the ideological spectrum.

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Damon Linker

Damon Linker is a senior correspondent at TheWeek.com. He is also a former contributing editor at The New Republic and the author of The Theocons and The Religious Test.