Gerald Seib: “They’ve lost the House, the Senate and the White House. They have full control of only 18 state legislatures across the country. In the latest Wall Street Journal poll, just 37% have a favorable view of the party.”
“Here’s an idea: Perhaps Democrats should do what Republicans and conservatives did, to great success, over the last quarter-century: start building back not in the hothouse of Washington, where they have limited power and little room for maneuver, but out in the states and at the local level.”
“Slow, steady, un-flashy work out in the states is what really laid the groundwork for the dominant position Republicans now enjoy. The states, not Washington, became the springboard for political success, the testing ground for policy and the sounding board for messaging.”
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