Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez arrives to hear the president deliver his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 5, 2019. Photo: Carolyn Kaster/AP
DO YOU KNOW what really annoys me about the media’s coverage of U.S. politics, and especially the Democratic Party?
Google the words “moderate” or “centrist” and a small group of nameswill instantly appear: Michael Bloomberg, Amy Klobuchar, Joe Biden, and, yes, Howard Schultz.
Bloomberg is considered a “centrist thought leader” (Vanity Fair). Klobuchar is the “straight-shooting pragmatist” (Time). Biden is the “quintessential centrist” (CNN) and the “last hurrah for moderate Democrats” (New York magazine). Shultz is gifted with high-profileinterview slots to make his “centrist independent” pitch to voters.
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