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Centrism
July 4, 2022
Alex Shephard
The Problem With Moderate Democrats Is Not That They’re “Vanishing.” It’s That They Have No Ideas.
Democratic centrists are still much better at getting media attention than they are at any other aspect of their job.
March 9, 2020
MagazineAlex Pareene
The Democrats’ Cult of Pragmatism
Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, and other moderates claim they Get Things Done—but not because they actually do get things done.

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