“I am more confident than ever that the great shift to the social democratic left is going to evaporate like the morning dew.” — Michael Lind on the Ezra Klein Show
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His reasoning was that the social base of the party -- the college educated managerial class -- will not be able to enact the Warren/Sanders spending plans without heavily taxing those making between $80K to $200K a year.
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The idea behind Sanders is to shift the Dems' social base itself. If the working class gets on board, which is not yet entirely established either way, what the Brooklyn and DC crowds think will hold less sway.
