Platner Didn’t Just Destroy His Own Campaign — He Destroyed the Democratic Party’s Entire Brand

That is a far more coherent and dangerous brand than the one Platner just destroyed. It is also, crucially, one with genuine grassroots energy behind it — the kind of energy that wins primaries and drives turnout among voters who have been told their entire lives that the system is rigged against them.

Conservatives who are enjoying the Platner meltdown — and they should enjoy it, briefly — need to understand what comes next. The old Democratic establishment is losing its grip. What’s replacing it isn’t a chastened, moderate, lessons-learned party.

It’s something considerably more radical. And it’s already here.