The perpetual advice to Democrats is that moving rightward will solve all their problems. But look where the party is at the moment: already embracing Republican affect and policies, yet still losing.

Every election cycle produces the new miracle cure: Democrats should moderate. Ezra Klein has framed it as choosing power over purity — living with candidates who diverge from standard progressive preferences on abortion, immigration, or trans rights, the way Barack Obama once opposed same-sex marriage to win a national coalition. Matt Yglesias argues that economic populism can’t bribe non-college voters out of disagreements on policing, immigration, guns, or gender; the party needs a more moderate national brand, not just a few carefully triangulated nominees. Adam Jentleson warns that cele

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