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Ben Rhodes, a key former Obama administration official, believes the Democratic Party is "afraid of its own future" and needs to embrace the strategy of New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, who identifies as a Democratic socialist.

Rhodes, who was deputy national security adviser to President Barack Obama , is perhaps best known for his advocacy of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. He has since emerged as a prominent figure in liberal media as a contributor to MSNBC and co-host of the "Pod Save The World" podcast.

His latest work is a New York Times guest essay headlined "How Short-Term Thinking is Destroying America," which suggested Democrats are reluctant to "stand behind controversial positions or abandon la

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