Ever since Donald Trump and Republicans routed Democrats in the 2024 election, the party has been listless, confused, uncoordinated — politically moribund.

When I think about today’s Democrats, I see a person performing an autopsy on themselves, looking for signs of life, like they are in a David Cronenberg body horror film or George Romero’s “Day of the Dead.”

In the Nov. 4 elections, Democrats — for that day, at least — showed signs of political life. They were riding high on a series of wins that included governorships in Virginia and New Jersey; and the mayoral race in New York City; the Prop 50 ballot initiative in California, which will temporarily allow the Democratic-controlled state legislature to redraw congressional districts; and even two seats on Georgia’s utility board that

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