article_snippet.sent: The Republicans have The Republicans aristocratic Bushes, Democrats who call for reform have Democrats who call for reform Clintons.
article_snippet.sent: The great American republic now looks about as democratic as "Game of Thrones.
article_snippet.sent: The economy has revived under Obama but, say critics, largely to the benefit of Wall Street and the super-rich.
article_snippet.sent: We hear often of the GOP's problems, how out of touch with a changing electorate it is and how it is divided against it.
article_snippet.sent: The Democrats' challenges, however, are just as substantial.
article_snippet.sent: The Democrats' challenges've just been masked by having a charismatic man in the White House dominating the national conversation.
article_snippet.sent: Obama was elected at one of the highest points of national Democratic popularity.
article_snippet.sent: But, since then, Democratic power has been whittled away in successive congressional and local elections -- leaving the Democratic Party without significant representation in the Deep South and absent any mildly conservative support at all.
article_snippet.sent: Everything was staked on Obamacare, which was ambitious and noble venture but without an obvious second act to follow.
article_snippet.sent: Democrats have become about defending the honor and reputation of Democrats president rather than proposing bold new reforms.
article_snippet.sent: And the mood of Democrats base can be felt either in the violence in Missouri or the disaffected, hollow laughter of "The Daily Show" audience.
highlights_snippet.sent: He says Democrats who call for reform offer Hillary Clinton.