Despite a command of the mainstream media camouflaging their decline, the Democrats are turning against one another with inward-looking fights that can only make the party smaller.  The latest example is the perennial point of contention: abortion. Bernie Sanders, the party's most popular figure, isn't even a Democrat (he's a socialist), but he managed to put the divisive issue back on the table for the hapless progressives, as Bill Scher explained for RCP: [I]t is surprising that he [Sanders] managed to create a rift over abortion rights, since the issue has not divided Democrats for years. Abortion did not separate Sanders and Hillary Clinton in the 2016 primaries. Abortion was not the reason Clinton came up short against Donald Trump. Intra-party debate over reproductive health policy particulars and messages was largely resolved by 2012, when Democrats embraced an unapologetically pro-choice platform. Yet Sanders managed to...(Read Full Post)