The Week: “For liberals indulging in schadenfreude, the post-election fracturing of the Republican Party and the conservative movement has been enormously satisfying. But it’s not the most important story in Washington. In fact, the most pressing truth — the one that really threatens to derail President Obama’s second term — is the quieter, wonkier friction within the Democratic Party.”
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