While most of the focus these days has been on the Tea Party’s success in moving the GOP to the right, not enough attention has been paid to the very real possibility of a Democratic contest in 2016 that pushes the nominee too far to the left. A new poll from Third Way, a middle-of-the-road Democratic think tank, finds that moderate voters are much more skeptical of the kind of government intervention that many liberals support. So, why should Democrats care what moderates think? Because self-identified moderate voters are a key Democratic constituency. The more alienated they feel from the party, the bigger the opportunity for the GOP to pick them off. CONT.
Amy Walter, Cook Political Report