The NYT Magazine has several features on politics this issue, I recommend reading them. I don't frequently see diaries on the NYT magazine, since it's not a front page item on the website.
The feature on Hillary Clinton is called Mrs. Triangulation a perceptive and somewhat acid profile of her, while also somewhat cynically sketching out what the modern democratic party is becoming.
I found this paragraph an extremely damning view of the net roots
The activist class believes, essentially, that Democrats in Washington have damaged the party by trying to negotiate and compromise with Republicans - in short, by trying to govern. The "Net roots" believe that an effective minority party should disengage from the governing process and eschew new proposals or big ideas. Instead, the party should dedicate itself to winning local elections and killing each new Republican proposal that comes down the track. To the activist class, trying to cut deals with Republicans is tantamount to appeasement.
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