Do Democrats even care about big ideas anymore?

One reason is that the Great Recession, which flatlined the lives and aspirations of so many Americans, barely registered on the lifestyle Richter scale of media and political elites.

Many liberals have given up before getting started.

Investment bank CEO says Sanders' critique is "dangerous...not just for Wall Street...but for anybody who is a little bit out of line."

The Pew Research Center recently highlighted some data points worth noting as we enter this election year.

If Democrats of earlier eras had adopted the Clinton approach, there would be no Medicare or Social Security – and no publicly funded elementary schools or high schools.

Most Americans are good people, not bigots or racists. They work hard and they have a strong sense of fairness. But their world has been slowly coming apart. And they’re scared and fed up.

As the “middle class” hollows out, whites who started life under relatively promising circumstances are finally seeing the floor fall out under them.

Jeb Bush is not alone in his beliefs that people need to work more, but his position could make for a very clear choice in the 2016 election.

Until we take measures to attack the problem head-on, student debt will continue to drag on the American economy. We cannot stand for that.