The giddiness of November is over, and by now I'm sure both political parties are actively strategizing for the legislative battles that surely lie ahead. For the first time in a dozen years, the Democrats will control the agenda. We're bigger than they are now, so legislative victories lie just around the corner, right? Right?
To all who would declare victory before the fact, let me just say this: Remember Chancellorsville.
Few battles in American history have more to teach than one from our own Civil War - the Battle of Chancellorsville. Fought in May 1863, the battle pitted Robert E. Lee, "Stonewall" Jackson and 40,000 Confederates against a better-rested, and much better-equipped army of Union soldiers nearly twice its size.
Do you remember what they say about those who ignore history? Follow me below to see what we might learn...
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