Morton Kondracke is a veteran political journalist and commentator known for his long tenure as executive editor of Roll Call and as a regular panelist on Fox News's "The Beltline Boys" alongside Fred Barnes. He previously served as a senior editor at The New Republic and Washington bureau chief for Newsweek. He contributed to The Weekly Standard in 1996 with a piece on the life of political activist David Ifshin.
IF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAD followed the ideological path of David Ifshin -- from student anti-war protester to true "New Democrat" -- it might have remained the majority party. If Bill Clinton had heeded David Ifshin's advice in early 1992, he might not have the Whitewater scandal hanging over his…