EP 747 Can the Democrats Truce Hold After the 2024 Election?

It wasn’t so long ago that many political observers thought that the Democrats’ more centrist policies were being eclipsed by wild eyed progressives, like Sen. Bernie Sanders.  In 2020, Joe Biden was written off by many after losing in Iowa and New Hampshire, only to make a remarkable comeback in South Carolina which propelled him to the nomination and the presidency.  Today, with the specter of a Donald Trump presidency once again emerging, Democrats of all stripes have seemingly gotten in line behind the old fashioned moderate liberal, President Joe Biden.  But the philosophical fissures between the more moderate members of the party and the more progressive, as well as among the many diverse caucuses and constituencies with the Party, have not gone away.  Win or lose, they will re-emerge after the 2024 elections.  The Squad, led by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and the Problem-Solvers Caucus, looking for middle ground, as stand-ins for the fight to come, have not disappeared.  They’ve simply set aside their differences in fighting a more dangerous enemy.  In “The Truce: Progressives, Centrists, and the Future of the Democratic Party,” our guest Hunter Walker and his, co-author Luppe B. Luppen explore the personalities and the issues confronting the party going forward.

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