For Dems, Moderation Should Be First to Go

Who would have thought that the tag line from a cheesy 1980s horror movie would provide the perfect description of the current state of the 2020 Democratic Party presidential nomination process? But that tag line from the 1986 film, “The Fly,” hits the mark precisely: “Be afraid. Be very afraid.”

Why? Because apparently the so-called “moderate” establishment leaders of the Democratic Party feel that the American people are an anxious lot; unable to deal with candidates’ policy proposals that would require broad change to solve big problems. And thus these “moderates” are counseling the party’s presidential candidates to refrain from proposing policies that they say “scare” the American people.