Jonathan Bernstein, Columnist

Democrats — Yes, Democrats — Put Pragmatism on Display

Factions that battled in the primaries had no trouble compromising on a party platform. That augurs well for governing.

July 16, 2020 at 8:00 PM UTC

Jonathan Bernstein is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering politics. A former professor of political science at the University of Texas at San Antonio, he wrote A Plain Blog About Politics.

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Will Rogers wouldn’t recognize the Democratic Party today, and that should put a smile on Democratic faces.

Rogers would have to find a new quip to describe the performance on Wednesday of the party’s Platform Committee in preparation for the Democratic National Convention next month, in place of his classic putdown: “I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.”