The Democratic Party

Surely there’s some electoral calculation behind the Arizona senator’s decision to leave the Democratic Party, but the timing is especially confusing.

The true stars of the night were not the candidates but the questioners in the audience, whose backstories and adamance offered the more inspiring reminder that it’s not too late to act.

The Obama Administration’s focus on bipartisanship “wasn’t about politics,” Jarrett, a longtime adviser to the former President, says. “It was about governing.”