Even the LA times gets it

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Obama’s shocking upset over the madam-president-in-waiting (Hilary) was an inflection point for the trajectory of the Democratic Party. Voters rejected the cultural centrism that was a President Clinton-era hallmark in favor of the “hope” and “change” promised by Obama’s “coalition of the ascendant.” Initially, perhaps, that may have looked like a smart bet: Obama trounced John McCain in the 2008 presidential general election. But the one-time “coalition of the ascendant” transmogrified into an identitarian and deeply off-putting “coalition of aggrieved interests.”

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That is actually pretty solid analysis from the LA Times.

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James Carville ... has called for Democrats to distance themselves from the excesses of woke civilizational arson

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That is a clever turn of phrase, too. Almost as good as "woke mind virus" or "partisan brain rot."

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Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) heckled the president and was kicked out of the House chamber within the speech’s first few minutes — deservedly so.

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Common sense. Seriously, from the Times?

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The intraparty (Democrat) civil war is on .... Unless and until they do repudiate their cultural militance, however, Democrats will continue to flounder about in irrelevance. Perhaps they’ll need to get their clocks cleaned at the ballot box a few more times. That wouldn’t be the worst thing.

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Drifting?!?

DRIFTING!!??!!??!!

Those lunatics aren't drifting. They are full steam ahead of the cliff of progressive wet dreams and have been for at least a decade.

Yep, and everything the progressives touch…. actually regresses (turns to $hit).

Wasn't the LAT one of the media outlets that had mass quitting because they announced they were moving to the right?

I forge all of them but I swear LAT and definitely Wapo were on the list

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L.A. Times Insights delivers AI-generated analysis on Voices content to offer all points of view.

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Are they using AI to get more moderate viewpoints?

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The Democratic party broke itself

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After Obama, they did what the prevailing party in a US election TOO OFTEN tends to do ... saw a "mandate" in a run-of-the-mill electoral victory and then overplayed their hand.

I just noticed that this piece was NOT written by anyone with the LA Times, but rather by Josh Hammer as a guest editorialist.

He is a longtime conservative. In law school, he was active in the Federalist Society, and he went on to work for Daily Wire and The Blaze.

Still, the LA Times DID print it, which is somewhat surprising.

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Perhaps they’ll need to get their clocks cleaned at the ballot box a few more times. That wouldn’t be the worst thing.

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Your terms are acceptable.

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“coalition of aggrieved interests.”

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Yes, excellent and spot-on naming verbage.

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“coalition of the ascendant”

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Now, this term was naked and brash political crockery. Ascendant is as definitive as hope and change. Its all polish and no metal.

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Obama’s shocking upset over the madam-president-in-waiting (Hilary) was an inflection point for the trajectory of the Democratic Party. Voters rejected the cultural centrism that was a President Clinton-era hallmark in favor of the “hope” and “change” promised by Obama’s “coalition of the ascendant.” Initially, perhaps, that may have looked like a smart bet: Obama trounced John McCain in the 2008 presidential general election. But the one-time “coalition of the ascendant” transmogrified into an identitarian and deeply off-putting “coalition of aggrieved interests.”

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Never in a million years did I think I would ever read something like this from the Los Angeles Times. They still don't get it when they present James Carville as a "voice of reason," but it's still almost shocking that they went as far as they did.

The not-so-subtle jab at Obama was right on target, too, even though Hildabeast would've been a terror in her own right.