When Democrats Follow Their Heart

Reading the headlines on RealClearPolitics is often a revelation, as a very, very shorthand way of seeing what’s happening. For example these two from this morning’s collection:

Democrats Are Moving Left. Don’t Panic.
Michelle Goldberg, New York Times
Don’t Underestimate the Socialist Surge on the Left 
John Hart, RealClearPolitics

This puts me in mind of the last time the Democrats chose to cut loose and follow their hearts, with George McGovern in 1972. They loved that good man a lot, he was their heart’s desire ... he lost disasterously.

In fact McGovern carried only Massachusetts and DC, he failed to carry his home state of SD. Might we see a replay of 1972 in 2020, featuring whatever socialist Dems might fall in love with? The omens are looking favorable.