Rejecting the right: on issue after issue, conservatives are increasingly isolated from their fellow Americans.(ANALYSIS)

ONE SWALLOW DOES NOT A SUMMER MAKE NOR one election a new era. But some significant new realities that emerged from 2006 merit attention. First, clearly, this was a sweeping victory. Democrats had to overcome the Republican advantages in incumbency, gerrymandered districts, money, and mobilization, and to do so in the midst of a wartime presidency. And they did.

Those who suggest that Democrats should embrace a small-bore agenda, seek bipartisan compromise, and temper their efforts to hold the executive accountable are listening to Beltway pundits, not to the voters who put ...

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