The Democratic Party is in the doldrums. 

For the past decade, it’s been so obsessed with trying to take down Donald Trump that it’s overlooked what it stands for. Former Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris certainly couldn’t conjure a coherent platform. Party infighting and chaos have ensued.

“We’re like a solar system with no sun,” U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin, a Democrat from Michigan, recently said in a speech at the Center for American Progress. “We don’t act as a team, and when we don’t work as a team, we turn our guns on each other, and it’s so, so, so, fruitless.”

As the party looks to the future, I’m wondering what direction it plans to go and what “team” will win.

Some Democrats – like Slotkin – have encouraged the party to embrace a message that appeals to a broader range of Americans. Even far-left California Gov. Gavin Newsom has dipped his toes in the waters of moderation, at least on some issues. Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman

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