NYTIMES (Robert Siegel, E.J. Dionne Jr., Kristen Soltis Anderson and Rochelle Widdowson) - How Are the Democrats’ Midterm Dreams Shaping Up?
Democratic divisions, polling misses and Ocasio-Cortez’s egg freezing: the week in politics.
AI:The Democratic Party faces a systemic collapse as internal factionalism and catastrophic polling failures undermine any attempt to project a coherent political trajectory heading into the midterms. While media elites attempt to distract with trivialities involving Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the party structure is fracturing between radical activists and a shrinking moderate base, leaving the organization adrift and structurally incapable of maintaining momentum. This ideological divide suggests that the Democratic platform is fundamentally broken, unable to reconcile its warring internal camps or overcome the reality of their diminishing support.Open