Writes Greg Privette:

Hi Lew,

I think others may have touched on parts of this but over the last few weeks while reading various articles about the possible field of Democratic hopefuls it has occurred to me we have definitely passed a political turning point. Something in the election of Trump seems to have spurred the socialist to believe that following decades of incrementalism and “reasonable” measures they have now reached the point of the final payoff of converting the entire country to full on socialism. As others have pointed out they are now not just open about their desire for political and economic socialism but are also very open about the need for coercive means to achieve their desired ends.

In looking at all the Democratic front runners I noticed a sea change. In the past when candidates were building up to announce a run for president they always began making a decided move toward the center. This was true for Republicans also but seemed to be more so for Democrats. They all seemed to feel the need to appear as “moderates”. For the first time they all seem to be preparing for a presidential run not just by moving to the left, but by trying to out-left their potential opponents. Who would have thought it possible that in a field of potential Democratic candidates Bernie Sanders might be considered the moderate!