The growing discord between the socialist and moderate wings of the Democratic Party turned into a full on civil war at the primary debates this week. Though the moderate Democratic candidates are still to the left of many Americans, supporting higher taxes and a public health care option, they effectively exposed the center stage socialists as out of touch with reality when it comes to public policy. They acted as stand ins for ordinary Americans and small business owners who are skeptical of the radical socialist policies on major issues such as health care and energy reform.
These moderate candidates offer Democratic primary voters a real ideological choice about whether they want to remain the party of Bill Clinton or follow the likes of Bernie Sanders, who called on voters to “come together in an unprecedented grassroots movement” to defeat President Trump and “transform our economy and our government.”
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