The Democratic Party continues to reel from its 2024 electoral defeat and struggles to connect with the American people. But the party remains captured by special interests and sacred cows that its leaders refuse to confront.
Few understand this dynamic better than Ruy Teixeira, author and senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and founder of The Liberal Patriot, a now-defunct newsletter. He and Oren discuss what happened to TLP, formerly a source of difficult truths for Democrats, how the advocate class has moved the party so rapidly to the left, and why the Democratic establishment so stubbornly refuses to learn anything new. They conclude by looking at what it all means for the future of both parties, and whether there's an off-ramp for the polarization dominating American politics.
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Why Democrats Can't Learn with Ruy Teixeira
The newsletter The Liberal Patriot tried to tell hard truth to left-wing readers. The donor class wasn't interested.
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Conversations aimed at developing the conservative economic agenda to supplant blind faith in free markets with a focus on workers, their families and communities, and the national interest.
Conversations aimed at developing the conservative economic agenda to supplant blind faith in free markets with a focus on workers, their families and communities, and the national interest.Authors
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