How Moderates Are Seizing the Moment

New York Times: “After spending months in anxious passivity, staking their hopes on Joseph Biden and little else, moderate Democrats appear suddenly determined to fight for control of their party in the 2020 elections.”

“The shift in attitude has come in fits and starts over the last few weeks, seemingly more as an organic turn in the political season than as a product of coordinated action by party leaders. But each assertive act has seemed to build on the one before, starting with a debate-stage clash last month over ‘Medicare for all’ and culminating in recent days with the entry of two new moderate candidates into the primary, Michael R. Bloomberg and Deval Patrick, and a gentle warning from former President Barack Obama that Democrats should not overestimate voters’ appetite for drastic change.”