How the Democrats Became the Party of the University

Elizabeth Warren and Hillary Clinton held a rally on Monday at St. Anselm College, a Benedictine school on a pretty hill a few miles from downtown Manchester, New Hampshire. It was a clear, windy day, and the two former law professors stood on a platform in the middle of the campus quad, looking very much at home. The high windows of the red-brick hall behind them were crammed with student faces, looking down on the stage. As the event began, there was a burst of loud enthusiasm, and Clinton said into the microphone, proudly, that these were some “unruly women” from her class at Wellesley. They were unruly in the sense that an honors seminar can sometimes be unruly, and they quickly settled down to listen to her speak.