Internal Feuds Jeopardize Democrats' Congressional Comeback Bid

As the 2026 midterm elections draw near, the Democratic Party finds itself contending not only with its Republican opponents but with the older, harder struggle of self-definition. Across the country, progressive and moderate factions are broadcasting competing visions of what the party stands for, leaving voters without a clear answer to the most fundamental political question: what would you actually do? History reminds us that parties have survived such fractures before, but only when the weight of the moment proved greater than the gravity of internal grievance — and that moment is running