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Democrats Have Become the ‘No’ Party

Biden must mumble ‘MAGA Republicans’ in his sleep, since he won’t talk to them.

By Daniel Henninger

May 3, 2023 5:59 pm ET

Wonder Land: During the Obama years, Republicans were nicknamed 'the party of No.' Today the roles have reversed, with Democrats refusing to negotiate, preferring to smear the 'MAGA Republican' opposition as 'extreme.' Images: Zuma Press/AFP via Getty Images Composite: Mark Kelly

No single notion has served the Democratic Party better than its assertion that the Republicans are a party of extremism. It dates at least to the 1950s. The details or truth of these charges hardly matter anymore. It’s sufficient at all times to typecast Republicans as the far right, the extreme right, paranoid and currently “MAGA” Republicans. Joe Biden must mumble “MAGA Republicans” in his sleep.

It looks as if this script is starting to get flipped. Democrats all of a sudden are turning into the party of dug-in extremes, while Republicans are talking compromise and increasingly even reconciliation with their political opponents.