Between Nov. 5, 2024, and Jan. 20 of this year, Democrats licked their wounds, trying to figure out how and why they lost so badly. Once Donald Trump walked back into the White House, though, his opponents turned their attention to resisting his MAGA agenda. They are flailing, and that may be largely because they never solved their post-election, pre-inauguration puzzle. The “Resistance” is struggling for purchase because the people behind it still don’t understand precisely why they find themselves resisting rather than governing.
Politico recently published a trio of articles that could perhaps collectively be described as a Democratic Party postmortem. The articles featured Democrat strategists and three officeholders, Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), and New York City councilman Chi Ossé (D) opining on what they think…
