Should Democrats Change?

The debate about whether to moderate might not reflect what happened in the 2024 election, but it might be a discussion worth having regardless.

As I’ve previously written, I think that Democrats were basically doomed in this election, and from Harris on down they did about as well as they could with their losing hand (aided by the uniquely self-destructive Trump/MAGA opposition). So, I tend to think that the various post-mortem criticisms of the party are misdiagnoses of the election.

But, that …