Dem Blindness: The False Gloss of Optimism

There is a specter haunting the Democratic Party. It is the fantasy of economic determinism. It is the notion that if the Dems focus on "affordability," they can get away with ignoring everything else. But by ignoring everything else-especially the identity issues that elected Trump-they are avoiding some of the most essential questions in American history. They are crippling their credibility.