Some decades from now, American citizens will look back on the beginning of the new millenium in History classes, around election time, and in pop culture.
And the geeks amongst us--and I expect to count myself in--will look back on these years as defining. Did the Democrats manage to take back the national narrative, or did the twin Bush victories represent a new beginning for American politics?
Did Bush's big-government conservativism, the ultimate in successful power-politicking, survive his presidency, or was it just a marriage of convenience, doomed to disintigrate as soon as a real conservative took up the mantle of Republican leadership (think John McCain)?
I believe that the answers to those questions ultimately lie in where the Democrats choose to place their political chips, and whether they can weave together a compelling, national story about who we are.
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