JOEL KOTKIN: This is the end of the Democratic Party as we knew it. Joe Biden’s withdrawal will open the floodgates to unrestrained California-style progressivism.
The end of Joe Biden’s presidency also signals the demise of the old Democratic Party, with its roots in liberal ideals and advocacy for ‘the common man’. Although Biden, to his own detriment, chose to adopt the progressive views now dominant in the media and political apparat, he remained, at least superficially, a man of the old …