Democrats test how far to the Left they can go

By W. James Antle III

Published May 18, 2018 12:00am ET

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Democrats test how far to the Left they can go — U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., waves as he leaves the stage after a town hall meeting with Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, examining economic justice 50 years after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther Kin Jr., Wednesday, April 4, 2018, in Jackson, Miss. | (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Kara Eastman has a message for Democrats looking for change they can believe in.

“I’m tired of hearing Democrats don’t have a backbone, that we don’t stand for anything,” the 45-year-old said in a commercial. “That changes now!” Eastman won her party’s primary for a House seat in Nebraska, beating a former congressman who was the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s choice to turn the Republican-held seat blue.

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