The Perils of Democrats’ Euphoria, or Why the 2012 Election Is Not a Realignment

After the 2004 election, commentator Michael Lind wrote: Karl Rove is an evil political genius, but he is a political genius. As he hoped, 2004 was a realigning election like 1896…The Democratic Party is not a national party any more. After the 2008 election, Lind changed his tune: The election of Barack Obama to the [...]