Dems Still Stuck at Starting Gate

It's time for Democrats to panic, the editors at New Republic say. Americans are ready for a lefty, yet Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are locked in an ugly battle over racism, sexism, and the minutiae of health care policy. When one of them emerges—probably in June—that candidate will have little time to drum up "narratives that justify their claim on the White House." 

"The period for testing arguments and laying groundwork will be impossibly compressed," the editors write. If the Democratic Party "wants to win this election, it needs this race to end as soon as possible. Every day spent on the primaries represents an opportunity cost and diminishes the chances for ultimate victory.” (More Hillary Clinton stories.)