How the Left Took Over the Democratic Party

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That's the title of a recent Politico (sorry) long piece that tries to make the case that the activist base of the Democratic Party have taken the party over. It is an interesting article and worth the read. Part of the motivation of this piece seems to be in making the point that Hillary Clinton won't have as much room to ignore the activist base as other Presidential candidates could. I'm not sure that's true -- largely because the activist base hasn't been able to translate its agenda to the Democrats in Congress (yes, there are some, but there isn't as much of a block as could influence White House policy). And because Democrats in Congress aren't nearly as beholden to their voting base as they are to their check-writing base. But we already knew that I'm a major cynic on that point.