Recommended: Democrats, Forever Changed

Peter Beinart, an associate professor of journalism and political science at City University of New York and a senior fellow at the New America Foundation, has written an interesting piece in The Daily Beast today entitled Democrats, Forever Changed. Beinart discusses the historical split in the Democratic party between those who recognize that America is essentially center-right politically and are cautious in pushing left-wing ideas, and those who think Democrats need to be aggressively liberal to be successful politically. He argues that President Obama has chosen the latter course in the past year, and that this will profoundly change the Democratic party, for better or worse. An interesting thesis worth thinking about.