The Voters Move. The Parties Stand Still

Happy work week, Friends,

It occurred to me this morning, that not only are we witnessing a unique and extremely entertaining presidential primary this year, but we're watching and participating in something way more significant than that.

We are participants in the transformation of American mainstream politics, and an apocalyptic battle within both parties for their very souls.

Never in my lifetime, which has already spanned seven decades, have I seen anything like what we're watching unfold.

Tomorrow, we will move a step closer to two polemic battles that are unprecedented in the history of this country.

Vote for me and I'll set you free. Okay, maybe not free. You'll still have to pay taxes.

One battle is an internal one within each party, with voters moving to the edges while their effete leadership clings desperately to the middle.

The second is the clash of Hyper-capitalism versus Socialism in the general election,

The frontrunners of both parties will represent extremes, and the leadership of both parties will be one step closer to complete frenzy, notwithstanding that neither candidate is financially beholden to their party nor any Super Pac.

I've been saying for months that Hillary Clinton is damaged goods and not a viable candidate. She doesn't even have the majority of women Democrats in her corner.

Self-avowed Democratic Socialist Bernie Sanders will win tomorrow. It's just a matter of  by how much.

Donald Trump appears to be in control and running from his self-conceived right-leaning fringe position.

We've yet to see if the tail will start wagging the dog, and the GOP will fall in line behind the bad hair and makeup poster boy.

But Trump and Sanders aren't your daddy's fringe candidates.

They represent where the mainstream voters of both parties have moved, without their respective leaderships realizing it. Party leaders continue sitting there in their dark, empty houses, wondering what happened to the voters and what to do next.

Once the parties' internal battles play out, I believe we will see a titanic clash of ideologues representing them in November.

My heart tells me that Bernie Sanders would win the battle. My head tells me that Donald Trump doesn't like to lose.