Here's a Switch

A reasonable, clear thinking Democrat. One with good advice for his party. I doubt they'll take it, but that's good news for conservatives, in the end. This is Dan Gerstein, a former communications director for Democratic Sen. Joe Lieberman, on the dismal performance of the Democratic senators during the Alito hearings, in the WSJ:

And that's the heart of the problem with our party and its angry activist base. It's not so much that we're living in a parallel universe, but that we have dueling conceptions of what's mainstream, especially on abortion and other values-based issues, and our side is losing. We think that if we simply call someone conservative, anti-choice and anti-civil rights, that's enough to scare people to our side. But that tired dogma won't hunt in today's electorate, which is far more independent-thinking and complex in its views on values than our side presumes.

While I disagree with Mr. Gerstein on the "parallel universe" thing, the rest of what he has to say hits the mark.