Albert R. Hunt, Columnist

Remember James Carville? Democrats Should

The strategist who once taught, "It's the economy, stupid," has some advice for today's party.

February 27, 2017 at 7:31 PM UTC

Albert R. Hunt is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He was the executive editor of Bloomberg News, before which he was a reporter, bureau chief and executive Washington editor at the Wall Street Journal.

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It was a gloomy weekend for Democrats hoping to unify in opposition to President Donald Trump. Fresh from a divisive power struggle at the Democratic National Committee meeting in Atlanta, party leaders found themselves asked to choose between embracing their anti-establishment wing and empowering the moderates those insurgents want to purge.

Here’s some good advice from one of their best strategic thinkers: Do both.