The far left isn't a part of the alliance in the first graf. That portion of the alliance is clearly center-left. The actual left in this country has no part of this; it's tiny regardless.
I am familiar with her from the profile in Politico last February. This is related to Karl Rove's central insight: elections are decided by motivating the base, not by targeting swing voters.
Kotkin is a rare example of an honest observer from the political center (which is pretty much center-right in the US).
The far left isn't a part of the alliance in the first graf. That portion of the alliance is clearly center-left. The actual left in this country has no part of this; it's tiny regardless.
I am familiar with her from the profile in Politico last February. This is related to Karl Rove's central insight: elections are decided by motivating the base, not by targeting swing voters.
That isn't the Rove insight, however. It's that candidates win on their strengths, not on the weaknesses of their opponents.