From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point.

New Blood versus Old Guard, the Democratic Party's way forward.

I'm Todd Purdom, sitting in for Warren Alney, and this is To the Point.

Hillary Clinton's stunning defeat

left the Democratic Party out in the cold, not only in Washington, but all over the country.

What's the party's best path back to power? Should it tack left to neutralize Donald Trump's

diehard supporters? Or should it reclaim the centrist stance that helped Bill Clinton lead it out of

the wilderness a generation ago? Ideology is not the only issue.

Is the party establishment just too old and tired?

Is it time for a new generation of leadership?

Later, on today's talking point, we'll take a look at Stephen Miller,

the provocative California who's emerged as President Trump's hardline point man on immigration.

First, here's the news.

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I'm Todd Purdom, in for Warnalny, back with To the Point.

In a moment, we'll discuss the Democratic Party's growing ideological and generational divide and

its implications for the 2018 midterms and beyond.

Then on today's talking point, we'll focus on

Stephen Miller, the key Trump advisor driving the White House's latest hardline stance on immigration

and the so-called dreamers. But first, this news update. Devastating wildfires have swept

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