"Since the Democrats' sweeping victories on 4 November, a strange thing has happened among the party factions: a semblance of unity has emerged. At first, affordability became the slogan of rapprochement. Moderates, populists and socialists agreed Democrats must campaign around the cost-of-living crisis and hang the broken economy around Donald Trump's neck. At the same time party grandees left, right and center quietly agreed to ditch wokeness and embrace common-sense appeals to American solidarity and equality."
"I am now an 81-year-old man and I know that in the minds of many, I carry the torch from a so-called centrist political era. Yet it is abundantly clear even to me that the Democratic party must now run on the most populist economic platform since the Great Depression. Carville advocates a program that includes raising the minimum wage to $20 an hour (blowing past the old progressive demand of $15 an hour), universal childcare, free university education, and major investments in utilities."
Since the 4 November victories, Democratic factions have shown unexpected unity centered on affordability and populist economic themes. Moderates, populists, and socialists agreed to foreground the cost-of-living crisis and fault the broken economy on Donald Trump. Party leaders across the spectrum moved away from cultural combat toward appeals to American solidarity and equality. James Carville publicly embraced a populist economic agenda, endorsing a $20 minimum wage, universal childcare, free university education, and substantial utility investments. The convergence signals a triumph for Sanders-style populism and could aid in reclaiming the working-class base, though challenges remain.
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