New York Magazine discusses the rise of the left-wing blogosphere and its effects on the Democratic Party. The article notes the disconnect between the party’s leadership and the activist base coalescing online that tends to be much more vocal in its opposition to current American foreign policy.

One prominent left-wing blogger dubbed “Kos” believes the party’s problem is that the leaders aren’t more like the base. Kos and his followers are trying to push the party further to the left on foreign policy, believing that this will fix the Democrats’ ballot box losing streak:

[...] Kos and his allies see themselves not as ideologues but as pragmatists, aspiring players. And, indeed, time and again, Kos has declared that his main interest is in regaining power, by whatever means necessary. In his keynote at his Las Vegas convocation, he declared, “Republicans have failed us because they can’t govern; Democrats have failed us because they can’t get elected.” His mantra on other occasions has been “I’m just all about winning.”

I think Kos and his ilk are more like the Democratic Party leadership than they realize. They’re both more focused on winning elections than devising a strategy to defeat the Jihadists. Maybe if the Democrats focused more energy on winning the war, they might actually win a few elections.