While Democrats have good reason to celebrate their historic midterm victory, their current elation must quickly harden into determination. Fortunately, the field for new ideas, systemic and economic, in the US will be the most open it is likely to be for decades.
WASHINGTON, DC—Twenty years. Thirty years. Eighty years, and even 90. Some of the positions Democratic candidates won in Tuesday’s midterm elections, from Senate seats to attorneys-general, have not had a blue occupant in decades. The outcome of this election, even more than the 2018 midterms, could reshape American politics and policy for years to come. But if the Democrats are to make the most of their gains, they must be ambitious—even audacious.
