Nine days ago this column observed, “The party led by Bill Clinton in the 1990s has shifted leftward so rapidly that on current pace Bernie Sanders could be the Democratic establishment candidate by 2020.” Time has not been kind to this analysis. It now appears that Mr. Sanders, should he choose to compete again in Democratic presidential primaries, could end up as the conservative alternative in the race. Not so long ago, getting to the left of the Vermont socialist might have seemed like a nearly impossible feat—the...

Source: Wall Street Journal April 26, 2017 16:07 UTC