Conor Lamb was plenty liberal—Obamacare, union support, more. But he didn’t check every box or play the identity politics game.

Trump’s epic unpopularity gives the party a fairly straightforward path to follow.

Lamb was a talented candidate with a strong resume—and was given some key passes by the party and the press. Not clear how often that can be Xeroxed.

The party eager to associate itself with teachers and workers kept a distance from the Mountaineer State. Those on the ground are grateful.

Trump won this district by 50 points. Linda Belcher just took this Kentucky House seat by 36—an 86-point turnaround.

It’s not too early to say it. The groups that determine the rules governing presidential debates are in hock to the duopoly. A lawsuit challenging all that can changes things.

The Democrats have two masters to serve—the true believers, and the people who keep electing the likes of Manchin and Heitkamp and Tester and McCaskill.