Establishment Democrats are rejecting an increasingly popular position by refusing to take a bold stance that happens to be good politics.
Establishment Democrats are rejecting an increasingly popular position by refusing to take a bold stance that happens to be good politics.
Trying to be more rightwing to get more voters never worked: the right demonized the Democrats, so they will never vote for them, while going even more to the right alienates the left.
But they will try anyway because going left would alienate their sponsors and doing nothing results in loss.