A changing dynamic
Following up on something I touched on in an earlier post, Ezra Klein had an interesting piece in yesterday's New York Sun concerning the canceled Fox News-hosted Nevada debates. The whole thing is well worth a read but I'll just quote the last two paragraphs here:
What we saw this week was the rise of a progressive counter-establishment that the Democratic Party has no wish to cross. That's why Senate Majority Leader Reid distanced himself from the event, denying knowledge of the decision and saying, "I don't like Fox News." That's why Senator Edwards pulled out of the debate and Governor Richardson rapidly followed suit. None of these figures can afford to lose support among progressives.
Four years ago, there was no coherent progressive movement capable of commanding such attention from the Democratic Party's tribunes. Now, there is. And the progressive movement's success this week is a harbinger of a dark future for institutions like Fox News that rely on the absence of such an organized movement to split the Democratic Party and aid conservatism. It may not be fair, but America's political life is getting much more balanced.
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