Jef­fries’ social­ism dilem­ma: New York vic­to­ries expose Demo­c­ra­t­ic Par­ty divide

The man looks tired.Veteran observers of Demo­c­ra­t­ic House Leader Hakeem Jef­fries know at a glance when the fel­low isn’t catch­ing his Zs.Some politi­cians bark gruffly when they are under pres­sure. Oth­ers become wild­ly fre­net­ic. Some pick fights. Oth­ers go qui­et, and retreat. Jef­fries gets puffy.It has been one of those tells that long­time Empire State and Wash­ing­ton, D.C. hands have noticed for years. When the Brook­lyn Demo­c­rat appears on morn­ing tele­vi­sion look­ing a lit­tle bag­gy, a tad swollen around the eyes; when he speaks in his trade­mark mea­sured cadence but stum­bles over the elu­ci­da­tion; when he presents the unmis­tak­able glaze of some­one who …