The Dems catering to the extremists ahead of Election Day is another victory for the far-left

For decades, an evergreen media storyline has been that the next election will resolve the civil war between the center and far-left factions of the Democratic Party. The thumb-sucking chatter continues even as the victor of the current round is obvious.Before all midterm votes are cast and counted, we have a clear winner — it’s the far left, because once again the center didn’t hold. As is their habit, relatively moderate Dems folded without much of a fight, and so the radicals did not need to seize every slot to win the internal struggle.

All they had to do was have a relative few fresh-faced hard-liners stake out positions beyond the pale, make a lot of noise and enjoy the ride as the media dubbed them the table setters of the future. Some of the old guard leadership briefly resisted, but to little avail.Their capitulation illustrates why moderate Dems are getting dumped into the dustbins of history as the radicals gobble up more ground each election cycle. They all hate Israel, want exorbitant taxes, favor coddling criminals, opening the borders and swelling the size and reach of government while imposing restrictions on individual liberty. As New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani summed up the Socialist vision in his January inaugural address, “We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism.” Shortly after that, 20 homeless New Yorkers froze to death on Gotham’s streets during a harsh winter. A related lesson comes from former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who is voluntarily leaving Congress after 20 terms and 40 years. Widely admired for her ruthless ability to herd cats on key legislation, she heads back to California with hopes Dems win both chambers this week. But on a podcast, she added a wrinkle.

As The New York Times reported her comments, she insisted that those on the far left who are attacking Israel “don’t represent the consensus of the party” as it seeks congressional control. She cited Mamd...