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Impediments to American Renewal: The No-Principles Party

Impediments to American Renewal: The No-Principles Party
File photo of former President John F. Kennedy during a speech at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York City, April 27, 1961. The current Democratic Party is very different to the one led by Kennedy. Getty Images
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If you could identify the major principles of today’s Democratic Party, what would they be? Two decades ago, the party stood for a strong America (à la JFK and Bill Clinton) and a strong economy that was good for all—an economy that helped the less fortunate and the blue-collar base that made America work.